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Description: | A cast copper alloy Early-Medieval stirrup terminal of the Anglo-Scandinavian period dating from the 11th Century. The terminal depicts a beast's head with lozengeform eyes and a long snout. The rounded ears project. The zoomorphic terminal is roughly D-shaped in section with a hollow slot which would have held the iron stirrup arm. The pointed tip is solid. The terminal has a well developed light green patina with areas of light brown. The terminal mount is 39.5mm long, 10.6mm wide and 9.7mm thick. 10.81g.A pair of such stirrup terminals would have been attached to the bottom corners of a stirrup, where they would have served to hold together the horizontal and near vertical arms. Compare KENT-65E458.
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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