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Description: | A corroded and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (11th century AD). The object consists of a central bar, triangular with rounded corners in cross-section, with a flat reverse. Central on this is a moulded boss, trapezoidal in section. The plain boss is c. 9.5mm and 8.6mm in width. The bar is broken just after the boss on one side such that it is only vestigial. On the other side the bar continues, terminating in a circular loop. The loop is bevelled externally on the upper surface, and internally, slightly, on the lower. The loop has also been filed on the lower surface to reduce its thickness. The object is a red-brown colour with areas of dusty, light green corrosion product all over. Contemporary harness links can be found illustrated in Williams (2007, 5; fig. 6). | Subjects: | harness link | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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