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Description: | A complete Medieval copper-alloy bar mount (c. 1150-c. 1450).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 partially flat at the rear. Each terminal is pierced with a circular hole for a separate rivet. The holes are countersunk at the rear and the rivets are missing. The upper surface of the central oval part is decorated with five horizontal grooves creating four raised ridges. This mount is green and corroded.Height: 21.6mm; width: 11.1mm; thickness: 3.3mm. Weight: 1.62g.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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