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Description: | Incomplete late Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) to early Medieval cast copper alloy harness fitting, dating circa AD 1000 to 1150.The fitting is formed of a central bar with an incomplete loop at each end. The bar is rectangular with slightly concave sides and a rounded rectangular cross section. There is a raised circular boss at one end of the bar, located immediately before the arm extends out into a loop. The loop at this end of the fitting is oval, with only a third of it surviving. The breaks are worn. The loop at the opposing end of the bar is almost completely missing, with a slight curve to the metal and two short, worn projections all that is surviving. These loops would have been used to secure leather straps.The fitting is a reddish-brown in colour.The fitting is 32.21mm long and weighs 4.26 grams. It is 8.36mm wide and 5.67mm thick across the boss, 4.57mm wide 3.52mm thick across the bar. The incomplete circular loop measures 15.05mm wide, 11.47mm long and 2.03mm thick.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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