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Description: | An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian)-Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 1000-c. 1100 AD).The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast with a hollow back. It is semi-cylindrical and is open at the top enabling attachment to a stirrup and closed at the bottom. From the closed bottom of the semi-cylindrical part the base projects outwards and then curves upwards so that the beast is looking up the arm of the stirrup. There is an irregular groove at the base running lengthways. The head of the animal has a rectangular crest and there are two sub-circular perforations, one of which may represent an eye.This misshapen terminal has no patina and the metal surface is a dull reddish brown. It is partially covered with a light green corrosion. Within the hollow part it is buff.Height: 30.08mm; width: 34.26mm; thickness: 13.10g. Weight: 27.26g.This terminal is similar to one from Fressingfield Parish, Suffolk. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SF-AD5323.See Williams 1997: Finds Research Group 700-1700. Datasheet 24.
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