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Description: | Early Medieval (11th century) harness fitting: The copper alloy harness fitting is incomplete, and has three integral components, the central body, a loop and an arm. The central body is incomplete and appears to be a lozenge shape with concave edge, and only has one original outer edge. In the centre of the body there appears to be a oval openwork decoration, but it is incomplete, and the breaks are not recent. On the reverse the body is undecorated and flat. Protruding from the upper edge of the body there is an oval loop which has bevelled edges. On the reverse the loop also has an obliquely angled edge. Protruding from the left-hand edge of the body there is a circular sectioned straight arm which terminates with an expanded bulbous knop. At the junction of the arm and body there is a double-stranded flattened collar, one strand being wider than the other. The surface of the fitting has traces of a mid green patina, otherwise the surface is heavily abraded and has a red copper corroded surface. It measures 49.92mm long, 40.8mm wide, 7.17mm thick at the bulbous knop and it weighs 20.4g.The style of the loop and surface condition is similar to that found on 11th century harness fittings, such as those illustrated in Williams (2007), although a similar example with an arm is not illustrated here.Williams, D. 2007 Anglo-Scandinavian Horse Harness Fittings Finds Research Group Datasheet No. 39
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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