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Description: | The object is possibly a stirrup terminal, made of cast copper alloy. The stirrup terminals date to the later Early Medieval period, similar dating to the Stirrup Mounts as published by Williams (1997).
The terminal is formed by a semi-cylindrical casing within which the iron stirrup would have been placed. The interior surface of the casing does not show any signs of iron, instead there is a poor patina. The terminal in plan is an elongated trapezoid. The cylindrical element becomes more shallow as the terminal tapers.
The exterior of the casing has moulded decoration. The upper narrow portion is slightly swollen and has vertical ribbing. The lower portion of the terminal is also swollen and has oblique ribbing on the sides
The surface of the terminal has no patina, the surface is brown and worn, therefore some detail of the decoration has been lost. It weighs 9.5g, and measures 33.9mm long, 8.9mm thick and 13.1mm wide. | 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: | 1000
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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