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MOUNT
Unique ID: IOW-F639C4
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy mount (c. 500-c. 600).
One half of the object is roughly 'D'-shaped in cross-section and the other half is broadly flat and sub-rectangular in plan. The 'D'-shaped part has flat sides and top and the edges are bevelled. There are six ring-and-dot motifs, two on the top, and two on each bevelled edge and they are distributed like the number six on a die. One end of the 'D'-shaped part has a break. The flat part has two rivet holes, one at each outer corner and each contains the remains of a copper-alloy rivet. The underside of the 'D'-shaped part is hollow.
This object is light green and corroded with flecks of a dark green patina.
Length: 27.0mm; width: 14.4mm; thickness of flat part: 2.7mm; overall thickness: 9.4mm. Weight: 12.83g.
Compare with: KENT-790A21.
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: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 9.4 mm
Weight: 12.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th October 2018 - Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-306
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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