Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-1EBE96
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete cast copper-alloy early medieval stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 1. The pentagonal form mount is quite worn and smooth but some of the linear design engraved with niello is still visible. The apex of the mount has a loop and there are two lower fixing holes at the base. The reverse has a right angle flange and traces of iron corrosion around the back of the fixing holes and apex loop. The length is 48.9mm, the width is 32.5mm and the weight is 22.05g.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 1
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.9 mm
Width: 32.5 mm
Weight: 22.05 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2005
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Other reference: NLM010076
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 |