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Description: | A broken terminal from a piece of 11th century horse furniture. The terminal has been cast in copper alloy. It is likely that this terminal was the decorative terminal from an 11th century cheek piece, but it could equally be from another piece of horse furniture of the same date. The object consists of a circular loop with an oval section. At 12 o?clock, 3 o?clock, 6 o?clock, around the loop there are three well-rounded circular knops. In the 9 o?clock position there is a further knop which shows signs of a break. The break is very worn.
The metal is worn and pitted with a mid greenish-brown patina. Patches of bright green corrosion product remain on the inside of the loop. The style of the artefact dates it to the 11th century.
Several similar examples of this type of horse furniture have been found in Sussex; see SUSS-F8E110, SUSS-F8DA92, SUSS-8BAC31 and SUSS-8B8250. | 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
1150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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