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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal, rectangular in plan measuring 31mm in length and 12mm in width. The front face is zoomorphic, prominent bulging eye brows can be seen, eyes and rounded ears, the snout is projecting a triangular in shape with a square tip. This style indicates a Scandinavian inspiration, reflecting the late Viking and Urnes styles. It is open backed, hollow and the cross-section of this terminal is semi-circular. There is a supporting ledge sloping upwards from its tip. Inside the terminal traces of a white lead solder, which would have been used to attach this terminal to the diagonal iron arms of the lower part stirrup, can be seen. This terminal is a snub-nosed type terminal, as identified by D. Williams (1997, 1-3, fig 2), and dates to the late early medieval period, late 10th and 11th centuries. | Subjects: | terminal | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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