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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal, the zoomorphic terminal end survives and the attachment end is missing due to old breaks. The terminal is triangular in plan measuring 17.34mm in length, 11.94mm in width and 8.41mm in thickness. The front face is rounded and zoomorphic. The creature has small oval shaped ears, a deep transverse brow groove, and slanting pointed oval shaped eyes delimited by deep grooves, the snout it short and slightly upturned at its tapering tip. This style of terminal indicates a Scandinavian inspiration, reflecting the late Viking and Urnes styles. This stirrup terminal is open backed, hollow and the cross-section is U-shaped. Inside the terminal there are traces of a white lead solder, which would have been used to attach this terminal to the diagonal iron arms of the lower part stirrup. This terminal is a snub-nosed type terminal, as identified by D. Williams (1997, 1-3, fig 2), and dates to the late early medieval period, late 10th and 11th centuries. It is similar to more complete examples from Mellis, Suffolk (see SF-455B03) and Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire (see SF-044EB0).
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