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Description: | Medieval (mid 12th to 13th century) casket or box mount: The copper alloy mount is a D-sectioned bar is flat in profile. One terminal is flattened in profile and is circular in plan with a central rivet hole filled by a corroded iron rivet. The other terminal is also flattened and is broken across a probably rivet hole.The surface condition of the mount is abraded and has a mottled mid green-brown coloured patina.The mount measures 60.02mm long, 8.62mm wide across the complete terminal, 2.75mm thick and weighs 4.27g.Egan (1998) illustrates similar mounts, for example Nos. 141 and No. 139, but this is decorated with a transverse ridge and these are dated to the mid 12th to 13th century. Biddle (1990) illustrates a similar mount, No. 2383 which is dated to the 13th century.Biddle, M. 1990 Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester Clarendon Press: OxfordEgan, G., 1998, The Medieval Household: Daily Living c. 1150 - c. 1450 London: The Stationary Office
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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