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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy bridle cheekpiece of late early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. Although no exact parallel could be found, the style of this piece is similar to David Williams' Class B stirrup mounts (1997, p. 85 - 100) and a date of 11th century is therefore suggested.
The fragment consists of the upper right hand portion (as you look at it) of the right side of the cheekpiece. The main feature of the object is a raised zoomorphic head located just to the right of a broken loop section. This head is typical of the Class B stirrup mounts in that it depicts a forward-facing bat or mouse-like create (Williams, p.85). The two raised eyes are located either side of the vertical portion of a T-shaped ridge which forms the nose and brow of the creature. Just above the brow are two small ring and dot marks, which may be designed to represent ears. The mouth is formed by a sub-circular loop at the base of the nose. A second decorative loop exists above the head. The outer arm of the object extends downwards to the right of the head, forming the upper section of the curved outer edge. At the top of this arm is a decorative transverse ridge. The reverse of the object is plain and the underside of the head itself is hollow.
Overall, the piece measures 31.6mm wide by 26.8mm high and 6.4mm high. It weighs 11.16g. The breaks at the top and bottom are well-worn and appear to have occurred in antiquity. | 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 | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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