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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal, rectangular in plan measuring 40mm in length, 13mm in width and 14mm in thickness. The front face is rounded and zoomorphic. It has a long neck, rectangular in plan with a transverse moulding along its upper edge. The snout is square ended and tapering, the tip of which is missing due to an old break, now worn. There are diagonal grooves running down either side of the snout. The brow is rounded and protruding and above this there are two small vertical pointed oval protruding ears. The eyes are on the side of the head and represented by protruding circular knops. This style has Scandinavian inspiration, reflecting the late Viking and Urnes styles.
This stirrup terminal is open backed, hollow and the cross-section is U-shaped. Inside the terminal there are traces of a white lead solder, which would have been used to attach this terminal to the diagonal iron arms of the lower part stirrup.
This terminal is a snub-nosed type terminal, as identified by D. Williams (1997, 1-3, fig 2), and dates to the late early medieval period, late 10th and 11th centuries. It is similar to an example from Mellis, Suffolk (see SF-455B03) and Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire (see SF-044EB0). | 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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