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Description: | An elaborate cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian cheek piece fragment, dating to the 11th century. The fragment is largely un-diagnostic because of the fact that it is so worn. The object has been cast in one piece.
The fitting comprises a crescent shaped central section, which may once have had a moulded animals head on the rounded apex of the crescent loop. Projecting out from other side of the crescent there is a D-sectioned strip of copper alloy. Each one terminates with the remains of a closed loop. Both loops have broken and have been heavily worn and corroded. One of the loops survives in a better condition than the other.
The metal is heavily corroded and worn. The metal is a patchy mid greyish-green colour, typical of 11th century metal work found in this part of Sussex. The corrosion has eaten away much of the original surface.
The object is definitely 11th century 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: | 1000
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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