Accession No
1916.37
Description
A triangular shaped stirrup-strap mount of Type 11 with a stylised animal, a lion, eating a smaller animal. This lion faces left with the smaller animal above it. This pattern has been created with incised lines creating an unusual shape.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Ixworth
Period
Early Medieval Anglo Saxon
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1916.37
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
32mm x 70mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Triangular-shaped with interlace pattern.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Wilson, D.M. (1964). Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum. London: William Clowes and Sons Ltd. p. 105, Pl. X.b
Event Date 1964
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Helen Geake: A triangular shaped stirrup-strap mount of Type 11 with a stylised animal, a lion, eating a smaller animal. This lion faces left with the smaller animal above it. This pattern has been created with incised lines creating an unusual shape.
Event Date 11/3/2015
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
On 11th March 2015 Dr Helen Geake remarked that this type of material is now called a stirrup-strap mount. In the past they have also been referred to as box mounts or book mounts though these terminologies are now out of date.
Event Date 11/3/2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:145814
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