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Description: | Incomplete Early Medieval c.AD 11th century copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. Sub-rectangular decorative mount with symmetrical openwork design depicting a central animal head with two further heads above. There are three circular ring projections at the top and a rectangular tab at the base with holes for rivets. Mount is brown in colour with green corrosion product in the open work.The object belongs to Williams class B Type 1 and this example is published in the volume (1997, No.397). Williams notes that the heads aren't clearly defined but features are visible, with the central head being clearest. The object would have been mounted at the junction between the stirrup and the strap to afford the leather some protection against wear.Length 39mm.References:Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. CBA Research Report III. Council for British Archaeology: York.
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