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MOUNT
Unique ID: YORYM-F4F659
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy mount of Early-Medieval date. The mount is sub-rectangular with sides which taper slightly from the complete attachment end to a broken and worn zoomorphic terminal at the opposite end. The main plate appears undecorated though bears faint and patchy strips of silvering. What remains of the zoomorphic terminal comprises a Style 1 face mask with prominent eyes within prominent rings. Bulbous cheeks are present below the eyes though are incomplete due to the break. The face retains thickly applied, though patchy gilding. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated with three integral projecting rivets; two from the attachment end and one to the face terminal.
A similar mount is illustrated in East Anglian Archaeology 84; A corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk, p,123, fig.7, no.69.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The object is 30.9mm long, 15.8mm - 12.2mm wide, 1.6mm thick and weighs 5.9g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.9 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 5.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04617
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Market Weighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8941
Four figure Latitude: 53.85760633
Four figure longitude: -0.64834776
1:25K map: SE8941
1:10K map: SE84SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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