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MOUNT
Unique ID: SF-C34C93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy probably Early Medieval to Medieval mount, dating AD 950-1100. It consists of a sub-circular perforated plate depicting a cross inscribed in a circle. The angles between the arms are perforated with circular holes. The ends of the arms expand creating two lobes which extend outside the circular frame. The front face has a domed boss where the arms of the cross meet. The arms of the cross have a longitudinal median groove, which bifurcates at each ends, marking the division of the two lobes. One of the end of one arm bears traces of a circular hole, from which the mount must have been suspended. The back face of the mount has a cross created by the crossing of two shallow raised lines.
Some vague similarity with some stirrup mount on the PAS database: see SOM-5C322D, PUBLIC-65348B.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 950
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.63 mm
Width: 29.27 mm
Thickness: 8.82 mm
Weight: 8.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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