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Description: | A copper alloy object which may be a delicate harness fitting. The object is a sub rectangular bar, 51.6mm long, 14.5mm wide and 8.7mm thick, one face of which is decorated with transverse raised bars which are triangular in section. One end is rounded, and the other end is broken but appears to have been a circular loop. Projecting from one side of the bar is a rectangular loop and another broken projection which may have extended into another loop. The other edge is extensively damaged but there are traces of symmetrical projections. The reverse is lumpy and the whole object appears to have been damaged by heat and maybe partially melted. There are traces of gilding on both faces, suggesting that the object must have been completed and decorated at some point. The function of this object is not certain, though the numerous loops suggest that it may have been some form of strap distributor, perhaps on a harness for a small animal such as a hawk or pet dog. The object shares some similarities with a possible Early Medieval harness fitting recorded on the database as SF-00F7E4, but the light green and brown patina and the other objects from this findspot suggest that a medieval date might be more likely for this object.
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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