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Description: | A worn medieval copper-alloy strap-fitting from a horse harness. It is sub rectangular, with a broken square attachment loop at one end (14.8mm x 13.5mm), from which emerges a central bar, itself broken below a moulded zoomorphic head. Around half of the loop survives following old, diagonal breaks. The bar is rectangular in cross-section. Ears, brow and snout are moulded on the animal head. The object is broken just below this head, with a ragged, old break. The piece may have formed part of a bridle cheek piece, the square attachment loop suggesting an 11th to 12th century date, cf. HAMP-4ACCA5 on this database. The fitting is a reddish-brown with large patches of light-green and off-white corrosion product.
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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