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Description: | An Early Medieval copper-alloy mount of probable 11th-century date. The object is long and narrow, with a flat reverse and irregular D-shaped cross section. It has two opposing zoomorphic animal heads, pointing away from one another. One head forms the terminal of the object and is raised in profile, with a curve on the underside. There is then a circular perforation in the body of the object before the other moulded head faces in the other direction and terminates in a circular protrusion with a circular perforation in the centre. The object is in one piece, and has no split to allow for the insertion of a strap.The strap end is 38mm long, 6mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighs 4.1g.The zoomorphic animal heads appear to be consistent with those seen on the strap ends classified by Thomas.Rob Webley comments that a similar object was found unstratified at Lullingstone Villa (Wilson 1964, p. 108, where it is erroneously described as a strap-end; Evison 1966, 85-87, Plates XXII and XXIII). This example has the same arrangement of animal heads facing in opposite directions and the location of the rivet holes; it also has one end raised with a curved underside. There are also comparable mounts found at Domburg, Netherlands (Evison 1966; Capelle 1976). Evison interpreted these as casket mounts, using examples from 11th-century caskets, and they have marked similarity with later medieval box mounts. A further comparable object has been published from Bealings Great, Suffolk (West 1998, 125; fig. 9.3).Evison suggested an 8th-century date on the basis of their ornament, but in view of their similarity to later medieval box mounts, a date in the 11th century seems more likely.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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