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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-194761
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy belt mount of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date. The mount is rectangular and made of two separate plates, which are joined by having two rivet holes near both short terminals, and one rivet hole in the centre. Two dome-headed rivets are in situ linking the plates at one terminal. The opposite terminal is incomplete but appears to have had one, and possibly two, small looped extensions. These terminals are incomplete due to old breaks, and both the mounts are bent in half with a groove almost splitting the outer plate, probably as the result of plough damage. There are circular patches of gilding around the rivet holes but no other decoration is visible. The backing mount is smaller than the outer one, with no gilding or decoration The outer plate measures 48.09mm (estimated, straightened length), and 20.84mm in width. The inner plate measures 47.59mm in (estimated, straightened) length, and 13.65mm in width. The mount weighs 8.57g.
The looped extensions may have held decorative pendants , and the mount may have been used as a belt strengthener. (Margeson 1993, fig22, nos 264-5).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.09 mm
Width: 20.84 mm
Weight: 8.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Akenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | fig22, nos 264-5 |
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