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Description: | Early Medieval cast copper alloy stirrup terminal. The terminal is of zoomorphic design and is incomplete. The back of the animal would have formed a hollow tube to house the lower part of the stirrup, however the tube is now missing with an old, worn break on the surviving section of the terminal. The tube would have been ??D?? shaped in section where it joined the terminal. The internal surface of the end of tube does not show any traces of iron or solder. The terminal is of an openwork design, comprised of a stylised crested animal head, which is curled to form a large openwork circle measuring 8.01mm in diameter. The head would have looked backwards along the length of the tube. The crest of the animal is narrower than the head, and contains three smaller openwork circles; the outer edge of the crest is curved to follow the outline of these circles. There is a worn incised design on each side of the head and crest, comprised of semi-circles and a curved line. The terminal is worn, and has a dull reddish-brown patina. The surviving section of the terminal is 25.17mm long, 25.86mm wide and has a maximum thickness of 11.21mm.
Similar examples can be found in Williams Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and Catalogue, Williams Stirrup Terminals Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 24 and on this database SUR-0267C0, KENT-DBBD34, WAW-52D216 and SF-6A1C95. | Subjects: | Terminal | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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