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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-BC197B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy axe-shaped mount (c. 650-850).
The object is now 'pelta'-shaped in plan. It has curving sides and a curving end. The opposite end is in the form of a break. One corner is also broken. The front is chip carved and has a double raised line border containing raised triangles all forming recesses for decoration, possibly champlevé enamel and silver wire. The rear face is flat and plain.
This object has a green patina and the breaks are old.
The mount resembles the axe-shaped mounts on the underside of the Lullingstone hanging bowl in the British Museum Collection (967, 1004.1). However, this Isle of Wight mount is smaller than those on the Lullingstone bowl.
Length: 17.9mm; width: 13.3mm; thickness: 1.9mm. Weight: 1.17g.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=67127&partId=1 Accessed 24/6/2016.
Class: Hanging bowl
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 650
Date to: Circa AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 1.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th June 2016 - Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-7-175
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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