Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Anglo Saxon copper alloy mount
Decorative mount of 'axe blade plate' shape. It is decorated on one side with a central panel of decoration in chip-carved Salin style motif, surrounded by a wide, plain flat border, possibly silvered or tinned. There are traces of gilding on the surface of the panel.
The panel bears a design consisting of a central figure of a man facing forward with zoomorphic representations in the bottom corners (possibly birds?) and serpentine creatures (possibly 4) at the top of the axe On the reverse are three small projecting rivets, the shafts are circular in cross-section.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
2019.4H
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch
Dull Casglu: metal detector
Dyddiad: 1970-1979
Derbyniad
Purchase, 1/2/2017
Mesuriadau
height / mm:35.1
minimum width / mm:15
width / mm
maximum width / mm:39.4
width / mm
diameter / mm:1.7-2.2 (range from 3 rivets)
weight / kg:9.6
Deunydd
copper alloy
Techneg
cast
chip-carving
gilded
tinned
silvered
Lleoliad
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