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Description: | Harness Mount, Bridle cheek-piece
Anglo-Saxon
11th century
Length 20mm, width 22mm, thickness 4mm
Semicircular loop with sloped sides that narrow inwards (internal dimensions 10mm by 9mm) there is a semicircular knop on the top and bottom side (1.5m long, 4mm wide, 3mm high), these are situated on the short side of the loop. There is a further knop at the terminal (2mm long, 4mm wide, 2mm thick). Opposite on the flat side is a semicircular broke (8mm wide, 4mm 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 slight remains of lighter green powdery 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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