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Description: | The object has been cast from copper alloy, which was folded, the fold forming a vertical edge. Both faces are symmetrical. The design is a standing animal, probably a horse. Behind the horse is a vertical rectangle that is also integral to the tail. The animal is standing on a horizontal line which is integral to the animals feet and rectangle behind the animal. The head of the horse and the lower horizontal line form the fold, otherwise the shape of the animal id defined by openwork. There are two areas of openwork beneath the animal. Two cast copper alloy rivets join the lower edges of the animal. One head of the rivets is flattened, the other terminal of the rivets still protrudes. The object is slightly abraded, but has traces of a mid green patina. It measures 29.26mm long, 18.26mm wide, and 5.03mm thick. It weighs 4.7g. The object is a horse-shaped fitting, which Geoff Egan comments "They are thought to be end protectectors for C11th (ish) knife scabbards (problem: no surviving sheaths among the admittedly very scrappy survivals are of appropriate shape). Formerly thought to be in pairs to protect/beautify ends of antler combs, though this now abandoned. They are usually openwork, characterised by apparently being bent into the U-shape."
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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