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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy bar mount (c. 1150-c. 1450).A small portion of one side is missing.The central part of this mount is sub-oval in plan, domed at the front and concave at the rear. At each end there is an integral sub-oval terminal, convex at the front and largely concave at the rear. Each terminal is pierced with a circular hole for a separate rivet. The holes are countersunk at the rear and one rivet is missing. The existing rivet is made of iron. The upper surface of the central oval part is decorated with three horizontal grooves creating two raised ridges which have slight vertical striations.This mount is green and corroded.Height: 16.2mm; width: 9.9mm; thickness: 2.9mm. Weight: 0.95g.Similar examples have been published (Read 2001: 23, fig. 12).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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