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[edit]Silver-gilt mount, 2009T175 | |||
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The British Museum, Harriet Louth, 2011-05-27 12:24:47 |
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Silver-gilt mount, 2009T175 |
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Description |
English: Object Date: Late 5th century to early 6th centuries AD
Description: ?Mount, perhaps a buckle tongue Discussion: The use of the object is unclear. The dowel and hole underneath may suggest that it was a mount that firmly slotted onto something. The three-dimensionality and use of sculpted masks can be paralleled in a fitting of unknown use from the Aldborough area, Norfolk (TAR 2005/6, no. 305) and more closely in a series of large buckle loops and tongues from Scandinavia and the Baltic (Franzén 2009). While some of these examples are different in shape, they are close in their execution, feature distinctive human and anthropomorphic heads and carefully moulded hair. A buckle from Proosa, Estonia, shows a closely comparable profile and a find from Snartemo gr. 5, Norway, displays the same grooved underside and circular hole (Franzén 2009, figs. 1 and 5). It is conceivable that the Thimbley mount is a buckle tongue and that the dowel and bore hole were meant for attachment of the anchorage that held the tongue to the buckle loop (cf. Marzinzik 2003, fig. 2A). While the Norfolk fragment was found without context or further indication of its date, the Scandinavian buckles largely date to the late 5th century, with some evidence for the early 6th (Franzén 2009, 56-8). Given the object's appearance and the context for Style I in England, a date range of the late 5th to early 6th centuries is plausible. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the mercury gilt, cast mount with niello inlay indicated a silver content of 91-95%, with copper and a trace of lead. The mount weighs 22.5 grams. Note: This find qualifies as Treasure under the Treasure Act of 1996. Dr. Sonja Marzinzik, M.A., F.S.A. Compare NMS-664877 and NMS-4B8EF7, two more early Anglo-Saxon objects of unknown function and decorated with human heads. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Lincolnshire | ||
Date | between 450 and 550 | ||
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FindID: 251163 Old ref: NLM-219C93 Filename: 2009T175d.JPG |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/329647 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/329647/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/251163 |
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Object location | 53° 12′ 52.92″ N, 0° 08′ 47.72″ W ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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