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Description: | An complete copper alloy early medieval (late Saxon) openwork stirrup-stap mount. The mount is roughly triangular in shape with a flat base and sides curving inwards to a long, pointed outer end, which culminates in a flat knop pierced with an attachment hole. The outer face of the mount has a crudely moulded, openwork design featuring a lion looking upwards with its front paw raised and tail curled between the legs and over the back. Extending to the rear of the base of the mount is a continuous right angle flange with two circular attachment holes through the plate just above it. To the reverse of the mount iron corrosion product remains in and around these holes. The mount survives in fairly good condition with a shiny grey-brown patina.The mount belongs to Williams (1997, 78-9) Class A, Type 11B (an openwork sub-group of his Type 11). Williams (ibid. 8) suggests that the main phase of use for Type A was limited to the 11th century.Length: 49.24mm, width: 27.39mm, thickness: 6.28mm, weight: 23.40g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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