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Description: | A copper alloy decorative strip, probably a mount or fitting from a box or casket dating form the Medieval period, about AD 1100 - 1300. The object is a long thin strip with a triangular section. At each end is a zoomorphic animal head facing away form the rest of the mount. There is also a moulding in the centre which may be another beast, or could be a raised rectangle with projecting corners. The binding is narrower on one side of the centre moulding. The angled upper sides are decorated with a row of ring and dot motifs along each face.The reverse of the mount is flat and there are traces of a single copper alloy rivet behind each terminal moulding. The mount is now bent on the narrow side of the central moulding, but this appears to be post depositional damage. The mount is 80.3mm long, 6.2mm wide and 3.8mm thick. 8.28g.The mount can be compared to SF6019, SWYOR-B713F7 and NMS-5F3D77 which cites broadly similar types of binding strips in Coad (1982) fig.43 and Margeson (1993) fig.43, no.473.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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