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Description: | Damaged and incomplete Early Medieval (11th century, Anglo-Scandinavian) cast copper alloy cheekpiece. The fragment is heavily worn. It is in the form of a curved Ringerike style animal head and neck in profile, possibly a dragon or sea monster. The base of the neck has a trefoil terminal formed of semi-circular knops, with a damaged and incomplete projecting arm to one side. The head is curved with an upturned snout with three small knops on the underside. The upper edge of the head has a crest which is sub-rectangular with rounded corners and two semi-circular knops on the upper edge. There is faint incised decoration visible on the upper surface, however it is now extremely worn with the exact design difficult to determine.Similar examples of this type of cheekpiece have been recorded onto this database such as HAMP-9A5B16, KENT-A4A477 and SF-656764.
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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