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Description: | Incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic strap-end of Medieval date, in the form of a stylised animal head with elongated nose, protruding eyes and upturned triangular ears. The eyes are formed from an arrangement of four raised ridges (two forming the eyelids, one between with 2 slightly flattened areas forming the pupils and one above forming a brow ridge), above this and between the ears there are four incised chevrons for decoration. The strap-end is broken at the point behind the ears. Projecting from the mouth, or snout, of the animal is a finial or fitting of uncertain completeness. This finial is roughly H-shaped; based on other examples it may have been intended to represent a cross or fleur-de-lys.See LVPL-A4FDB2 for a more complete example of this artefact type, a discussion of dating and some parallels both from excavated contexts and from the PAS database. The type appears to have a northern distribution.
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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