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Description: | An Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, hollow backed terminal. It is in the form of a beast's head wth large ears, protruding eyes and a long, rounded muzzle. At the end of the muzzle, the snout is rounded and protruding There is a ridge running back from it along the centre of the head, ending between the eyes. Along the each side of the muzzel there extends from the lobe end of the snout a tendril, which folds back on itself and ends in a lobe. At the top of the terminal above the ears is a narrow horizontal ridge or collar. The back of the terminal is hollow and retains traces of the iron solder used to attach it to the end of the stirrup arm.This example is similar to those illustrated in figure 4 of David William's Datasheet on these objects, particularly 4b (Williams, 1997, Stirrup Terminals, Datasheet 24, Finds Research Group 700 - 1700).Dimensions: 34.7 mm x 30.75 mm x 9.54 mmWeight: 10.97 g
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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