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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy cast probable harness/bridle fitting. This fitting has one complete terminal which is oval in shape measuring 39mm in length and 31mm in width. This terminal is curving slightly, at an angle of less than 45 degrees from its ajoining shaft, although it is not clear whether it did originally or has been bent at a later date. At the tip of this terminal there is a circular perforation, possibly a suspension loop. Below this both faces of the terminal are identically decorated with open work and incised lines defining two opposing animal heads, seen in side profile. These animals have small ears, a drilled circular eye, a long snout and their mouths are open and they hold the lower half of the oval-shape within their mouths. Projecting from behind the heads of the two opposing animals and joining to form a central vertical bar are what could possibly be the animals legs, these terminate with two scroll-like incised designs, which may possibly represent their feet. There are, therefore, two oval holes, inbetween the animals heads and their central veritcal 'legs.' There are also two small circular perforations, one inbetween the scroll-like 'feet' and one at the centre point of the bodies of the animals, where there'legs' project. Below this oval shaped terminal this object has a rectangular shaped shaft, it is roughly rectangular in cross-section too. It has a boss around its circumference and then appears to split into two arms, however, this is where the rest of the object is missing due to old breaks. It is therefore unclear how the object would have eventually terminated at its incomplete end. Due to the style of this object and its intricate animal design it is believed to be Anglo Saxon in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 500
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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