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STIRRUP
Unique ID: BERK-EF3474
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval (11th Century) copper alloy stirrup strap mount. It is part of a Class A Type 8 subtriangular mount; the top half is broken and missing. The mount has a right-angled flange that projects like a tab rather than extending across the full width of the base. It is decorated with two beasts. One up each side of the mount, the bodies partly project thus shaping the edge of the mount. The heads of the beasts project beyond each corner of the base. Between the beasts' heads there are the two perforations for attachment. The heads have rounded snouts with flaring nostrils, long pointed eyes and large pointed ears; the outline of these features are just visible as the mount is worn (Williams (1997:47). From each body a prominent wing extends upwards and inwards to terminate in a lobe; this appears to be inlaid with niello. Above each of the wings that are the curved remains of openwork decoration. It is similar to no. 145 fig. 33 in Williams 1997.
Class:
strap mount
Sub class: Williams Class A, Type 8
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1000
Date to: AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: South Oxfordshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, D. | 1997 | Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue | York | CBA Research Report 111 | 47-50 Fig. 33 | No. 145 |
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