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Description: | A copper-alloy probably early medieval mount in the form of a bird, with one flattened projection to the reverse. The mount widens and thickens from the 'beak' of the bird to its 'head', which is 3.62mm wide and 8.15mm long, including its 'neck'. The neck then widens to shoulders of 4.52mm in width and widens further to the 'back' or body of the bird which is 13.10mm long. The body tapers to 4.68mm in width before widening again to the 'tail' which is bifurcated, 7.52mm long and 7.39mm at its widest where the mount ends.In cross-section the body of the bird is D-shaped. The tail is flat The eyes and feathers of the head are formed with transverse incised lines either side of a central incised longitudinal line. The neck is not decorated.The body is decorated in the same way as the head with longer transverse lines representing folded wings with a central incised longitudinal line. The tail is not decorated.The reverse of the bird is flat except for some irregular surface under the front half of the body. . A single integral rivet projects from the reverse, circular in cross-section and with a flattened end. It is situated approximately where the bird's 'legs' would be, approximately two-thirds of the way towards the tail. The rivet is 5.76mm in length 3.48mm wide.The mount is 31.71mm in length, 7.39mm at its widest, 4.26mm at its thickest (not including rivet), it weighs 3.31g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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