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Description: | An Early Medieval copper alloy stirrup terminal, with a trefoil shape. The terminal is hollow-backed with a U-shaped profile in which traces of lead can be seen. This would have been the solder used to attach the terminal to the lower stirrup arm and foot plate. The outer face of the terminal has a devolved zoomorphic shape, with the animal 'face' reduced to triangular shapes outlined by incised lines within the trefoil. The two outward-turning 'eyes' lie in the foils to either side, and an elongated triangular 'nose' extends along the central foil. There is a collar above the trefoil, with a central waist defined by two narrow transverse bands. The terminal measures 29.91mm in length, 21.04mm in width across the trefoil and 11mm in width across the collar, and weighs 13.89g.Williams show an example with a trefoil terminal, described as having wings projecting from the sides of a head which shows a distinct animal face. (Williams data Sheet 24, fig.4,i) These wings produce a trefoil shape, which is comparable with this Hartest example.
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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