File:Early Medieval mount (FindID 191137).jpg
Original file (1,585 × 904 pixels, file size: 350 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]Early Medieval mount | |||
---|---|---|---|
Photographer |
None, Wendy Scott, 2007-08-30 16:05:58 |
||
Title |
Early Medieval mount |
||
Description |
English: Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy mount, 35mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is flat, and in the form of a horned head with a prominent central raised angular nose flanked by raised circular eyes. The face has a long moustache which protrudes slightly out at each side. This sits above a lentoid open mouth and a pointed triangular bearded chin. A raised border separates the face from its hair (or perhaps helmet) which is represented by raised parallel lines. From each side of the upper part of the head emerge curving horns, which taper slightly and meet in the middle above the head. These have birds' head terminals, although one is damaged and incomplete.
The whole object is quite worn and in places the decoration is missing, but it does have traces of gilding all over the surface, which is particulary visible where the horns join. The reverse has three integral circular prongs, one placed behind the chin and one on the base of each horn. The object is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 5.44g. The object is almost identical to the one recorded from Letheringsett with Glandford (Medieval Archaeology 2002, page 208, fig. 2C.) which is dated to the seventh century and thought to be a representation of Woden. |
||
Depicted place | (County of findspot) Leicestershire | ||
Date | between 600 and 700 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 191137 Old ref: LEIC-40DB05 Filename: 40DB05.JPG |
||
Credit line |
|
||
Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/148642 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/148642/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/191137 |
||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
Other versions |
|
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 00:44, 5 February 2017 | 1,585 × 904 (350 KB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Portable Antiquities Scheme, LEIC, FindID: 191137, early medieval, page 5154, batch sort-updated count 53054 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 2 pages use this file: