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Description: | Early Medieval gilded copper alloy mount, 25mm long, 11mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 3.26 grams.The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a rectangular plate with a triangular plate emerging from one side. The rectangular section is decorated with a raised solid border which surrounds a raised knot like motif representing a snake. The triangular section forms a 'beaked' head consisting of a triangle with the apex curling and turning under itself. At the top corner, where it joins the rectangular plate, there is a raised circle with a raised 'L' shaped line below forming an eye. Below this and surrounding the whole of the 'beak' is a narrow raised border. Within this is a further linear depression, which follows the curve and suggests the mouth. The reverse of the object is plain and in the centre of the rectangular portion is a rectangular shaped scar, suggesting a fixing lug.The whole of the object is heavily gilded, unusually also on its reverse, unseen, side. It is decorated in Salin Style II which suggests a date of c. 580-640. The form of the object suggests it could be a harness mount (K. Leahy pers.comm.)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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