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Description: | Harness Mount, Bridle cheek-piece
Anglo-Saxon
11th century
Length 42mm, width 22mm, thickness 7mm
Oval loop with sloped sides that narrow inwards (internal dimensions 11mm by 9mm) there is a semicircular knop on the top and bottom side (2m long, 5mm wide, 4mm high), these are situated on the short side of the oval. There is a further knop at the terminal (1mm long, 5mm wide, 4mm thick) all are extremely worn. Opposite is a semicircular arm 22mm long and split into two sections, the first section is narrow 7mm wide 6mm tall and steps up to a bulbous roundel section. The roundel in concave 14mm diameter with a knop 2mm long and 4mm wide on the top and bottom, both are heavily worn. The opposite side of the roundle to the arm has a break where a similar arm would have been attached, this is a very old break.
The artefact is copper alloy, heavily pitted with a dark brown colour and a light green colour in 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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