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Description: | A complete copper alloy mount of probable early Medieval date. The mount is broadly rectangular in plan with splayed edges towards the base, which has smooth curved serrations along the bottom edge. The surface of the mount has an incised design of which the centrepiece is the head of a wolf-like animal. The wolf head is flanked by other linear designs but they are hard to distinguish; they may be intended to represent wings. Beneath the wolf head is what may be the body or legs of the animal, which in turn is standing on a domed feature with linear marking possibly intended to be eyebrows and the bridge of the nose. The wolf-head feature may be a type of helmet which rests on a humanoid head. Most of the incised decoration retains gilding. The reverse of the mount is plain and undecorated but has the remains of two copper alloy rivets; there is iron staining and possibly some iron around the rivet holes, which may indicate that the copper rivets are replacements for iron ones. No direct comparison for this object could be found on the database however the style of the carving would not be out of place in Romanesque art styles (Kevin Leahy PAS National Finds Advisor, pers. comm.) and a date of c. AD 1100 - 1300 would seem appropriate. The mount does not appear to be part of a buckle plate, and it may be a belt or harness strap decoration.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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