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Description: | Copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece fragment, in the form of a Ringerike-style animal head. The fragment is flat and the animal is depicted in profile. No loops survive, and most of the neck is also missing. The remaining part of the neck and the head are decorated with a border of rectangular punchmarks, probably made with a roulette. On top of the head is a crest of three points, the lower two of which have a short line of punchmarks along them. An angled line of punchmarks forms the lower edge of a kite-shaped eye. The tip of the muzzle has two lower pointed projections and an upper rectangular one (perhaps a lower lip, protruding tongue and rolled-back upper lip?) all of which also have a line of punchmarks along them. The metal is corroded to a rough brownish colour and this corrosion continues across the (relatively unworn) break. 11th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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