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Description: | Harness Mount, Bridle cheek-piece
Anglo-Saxon
11th century
Length 29mm, width 26mm, thickness 7mm
Oval loop with sloped sides that narrow inwards (internal dimensions 9mm by 7mm) there is a semicircular knop on the top and bottom side (3.5m long, 5mm wide, 5.5mm high), these are situated on the short side of the oval. There is a further knop at the terminal (2mm long, 5mm wide, 6mm thick) all are worn. Opposite is a semicircular arm 12mm long. The arm terminates in a broken crescent (5mm wide), which is all the remains of a central roundel, there would have been a parallel arm on the other side, this is a very old break.
The artefact is copper alloy, heavily pitted with a dark brown colour and a light over some of the surface.
Examples are know from sites such as Middle Harling and are generally thought to date to the 11th century. | Subjects: | Bridle cheek-piece | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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