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Description: | A terminal from the foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch (probably), dating c. 475-600.Of the brooch, only a large terminal from the foot remains, bearing the nostrils and spatulate muzzle shape of the horse-head foot. A small conical hole can be found in the centre of each nosril. The reverse is undecorated. There has been damage to some of the outer edges of the terminal which are very worn, whereas the break above the terminal is less abraded.The identification of this object as the terminal of a cruciform brooch is only probable. The object is thin relative to its size and in comparison with other brooches. However, the terminal definitely forms the muzzle/snout of a horsehead that is most frequently encountered in cruciform brooches. It does remain possible that this is part of a large, flat mount rather than a brooch.
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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