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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF6872
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Mount made of copper alloy, sub-square with each side measuring 15 mm, and nearly 4 mm thick. On the reverse are the stubs of two slender attachment spikes or rivets. The front is decorated with a low-relief pattern with each strand emphasised by grooves. There is a double-strand border, around a double-strand cross which runs between the corners of the sub-square. The outer strand of the border has transverse grooves giving a beaded effect. The double stands of the cross interlace at the centre, and in the angles of the cross are radial grooves. The decoration is slightly obscured, both by copper-alloy corrosion from the object itself and by iron corrosion. Although it is clearly ancient, no parallel has been found.
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2001
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK MENDLESHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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