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Description: | Early Medieval (11th century) stirrup strap mount: The copper alloy mount is sub-rectangle in plan, with the upper edge being broken, but not recently. The mount is decorated with openwork, there are two larger sub-circular perforations along the lower edge. Between these perforations there is a irregular bulbous mound. Above this mound there are two smaller circular perforations that a closer to the centre. Above these perforations there is a single irregular oval perforation with high-relief decoration either side which appears to be possibly a zoomorphic head. In one upper corner there is another smaller circular perforation, presumably the other is missing due to the break. The reverse of the mount is undecorated and has, along the lower edge a shallow stepped flange which is covered by corroded iron which is what is left of the two iron rivets within two rivet holes. The surface is over cleaned, therefore any definition of the decoration is not visible. The mount measures 39.24mm long and 25.87mm wide. It weighs 21.38g.The mount is a stirrup strap mount dating to the 11th century. Williams (1997) classifies as probably Class B, Type 1, but it cannot be narrowed down from that. These mounts were initially identified as book mounts in 1920 and later as strap ends and casket mounts and these interpretations continued in general use until recent times (Williams, 1997;3).Williams, D., 1997 Late Saxon Stirrup Mounts: A Classification and CatalogueCBA Research Report 111
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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