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Description: | An incomplete sword scabbard chape with a horse and a rider facing right depicted in relief and openwork. The horses feet, horses nose, basal pierced lobe, and the side arm which would have projected upwards from behind the horse??s rump, are missing, as are the tip of the riders head and details from either side of the rider and in front of the horse. The rider appears to be standing in the saddle, carrying an object at the waist which may be a quiver of arrows, and has three lines across his head indicating hair or a helmet or cap, and the outline of an eye. There are horizontal and vertical lines around the horses breast and shoulder. The reverse is slightly concave. Height at least 29mm, width at least 16mm. Similar to examples illustrated in The Searcher (Woods, April 2008, 61, no.32). c. 12th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Crawford, Becky | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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