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Description: | Harness Mount, Bridle cheek-piece
Anglo-Saxon
11th century
Length 24mm, width 26mm, thickness 6mm
Oval loop with sloped sides that narrow inwards (internal dimensions 9mm by 7mm) there is a semicircular knop on the top and bottom side (3m long, 4mm wide, 3mm high), these are situated on the short side of the oval. There is a further knop at the terminal (4mm high, 6mm wide, 4mm thick). opposite is a semicircular broken projection (3mm long, 7mm wide, 6mm high) that would have been an arm that held a similar loop on the other end, the break is old and worn.
Copper alloy, the surface of the object is pitted where corrosion has removed the original layer, Dark brown colour with lighter green patches on the less exposed areas.
Examples are know from sites such as Middle Harling and are generally thought to date to the 11th century. | 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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