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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount of Anglo-Scandinavian association, dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is lozengiform in plan view, and plano-convex in section, with a circular suspension loop set above the main body of the object. At the bottom of the mount, the object curves inwards slightly so as to give the impression of a retrograde 'L' shape in profile view. At the bottom of this section of the object, a rivet hole is visible though the rivet itself is missing, with only some ferrous corrosion products on the back of the object to ever indicate its presence in the first instance. The centre of the mount is decorated with four recessed lozenge-shaped cells, which are created through the means of two raised ridges which form a cross in the centre of the object. Each of the cardinal points of the object is decorated with a small raised knop; two at the top of the object, two at the middle where the corners of the mount turn inwards, and two at the bottom. A further knop is present in the centre of the object at the point where the raised ridges of the central cross converge. The mount measures 45.79mm long, 5.18mm thick at its midpoint and 8.57mm thick at its base. The object is 29.50mm wide at its widest point, and it weighs 15.29 grammes.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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