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Description: | Medieval fitting; Incomplete cast copper alloy swivel fitting with zoomorphic terminals to the main loop. Dated to the 12th - 15th centuries. The fitting consists of a main section formed of a large loop butting onto a broad, oval, domed boss. This boss would be hollow. There is then a smaller loop which would have a stem extending up from the middle to fit inside the boss of the larger loop allowing the two loops to swivel around the central stem. This example has the boss with both terminals of the larger loop, together with much of the lower loop. The loops are still fitted together but do not currently swivel, although this may simply be due to a quantity of soil still packed in the gap between the loops. The terminals of the larger loop are in the form of animal heads with relief decoration indicating simple eyes and open mouths.Length (bottom of smaller loop to top of remaining fragment of larger loop) 34.7mm, width (larger loop) 25.7mm, thickness (across domed boss) 12.1mm, weight 11.29g
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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