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Description: | Viking bridle fitting; Fragment of cast copper alloy bridle fitting of late Early Medieval date, probably 11th century. The fitting has a central, sub-circular boss with concave indent to the reverse side. The boss has a small circular knob on either side. A bar extends to both sides of the central boss. The concave shape of the broken ends of the bars indicate that this fitting originally had a loop at either end. One loop is now completely missing. Approximately a quarter of the other loop remains, including a decorative knob on the external face to one side of the loop. The object has a dull, red-brown patina over the whole surface.Length 37.32mm, width 9.05mm at boss, thickness 6.33mm above boss, 8.65mm at boss, weight 13.19g.A viking cheek-piece with a similar shaped loop and central boss can be seen in Nigel Mills "Saxon and Viking Artefacts", page 83, figure V233.
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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