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Description: | An Early Medieval cast copper-alloy fitting, probably a knife scabbard chape, dating to the 11th century. The chape has an abstract zoomorphic openwork form which represents a horse. In plan the chape depicts the horse in profile running right or left depending on which side is viewed. The head represents one curved side of the chape and the front legs the other. The side panels of the chape depict the body of the horse, tail and hind legs. Two parallel lines formed from punched oval dots curve from the neck to the rear feet, and from the top of the leg to the tip of the tail. The punched dots presumably represent harness straps. A copper-alloy rivet is located at the base of the side bar and also at the base of the rear legs. The top frame is missing the side attachment lugs due to old breaks and the closure tabs which would have risen from the tail and met presumably in the centre are lost to old breaks. The chape has a black finish in areas where the surface remains free of corrosion. See WAW-03F886.
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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