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Description: | Copper alloy stirrup terminal of Late Saxon date. The reverse of the object is hollow to accommodate the diagonal arm of the stirrup. The top of this hollow section is open, while the bottom is closed to support the foot of the stirrup. The upper surface of this section is generally convex. At the top the upper surface is decorated with two raised parallel lateral lines, with a wide raised lateral ridge between them. At the bottom the object becomes solid and curves away from the reverse, up and finally in again meeting with the upper surface of the hollow section just below the decorated element at the top. There is a circular aperture between the hollow element and the curving element. There is a sub-triangular depression on the lower/inner section of the curving element at the end which rejoins the hollow element. Attached to the lower edge of the curve is a moulded projection with two small sub-rectangular projections. The surfaces of this element may have originally been moulded, but are now heavily worn, and it is suggested that this element is a crest on top of an animal head, curled round to face up the stirrup mount. Patchy reddish-brown patina. | 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: | 1001
1200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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