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Description: | Possibly Roman to early Medieval (1st to early 13th century) mount: The copper alloy mount is rectangular and flat in profile. The outer face motif depicting raised tendrils which terminate with spirals. The main stem of obliquely cross the mount with the tendrils and spirals filling the field either side. The field around the motifs is almost completely filled with a mid to dark blue enamel. The motifs are not always remaining, possibly due to over cleaning, as there are voids so their shape is depicted by the enamel around it. Where it is missing the mount is abraded. There is also a possibly fleck of gilding on the surface. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and the surface is abraded and corroded. The mount has two rivet holes, one towards each end. One rivet hole is 3.13mm diameter, the other 2.34mm diameter. The mount measures 36.72mm long, 16.72mm wide and 2.47mm thick. It weighs 6.29g. Similar mounts with these motifs is NMGW-38DDD3 and DENO-FC1328, and these are dated to the late Iron Age to early Roman period. In the record of NMGW-38DDD3 the motif is commented upon as 'The naturalistic impression and 'openness' of the motif perhaps suggests a Roman influence and implies a possible early Roman date for the piece'. Other mounts which are similar to this, although the motifs may be more simplistic and geometric, include LIN-535576, LVPL-BDF517, SWYOR-D45013 and YORYM-00C688 although these are mostly of a chunkier profile.Another possibility is that the mount dates to the early 13th century as similar mounts are used as book mounts (Geake pers comm). The fleck of gilding on the recorded mount would be more common on Medieval mounts rather than Roman mounts. This mount has been provisionally dated to the early Medieval period as being the most likely date c. 1200 to 1250.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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