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Description: | An incomplete late early-medieval (1000-1100) Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy bit link from horse harness, consisting of a central (possibly zoomorphic) boss and a short arm to either side, terminating in a loop (both of which are broken and incomplete though old worn breaks).The central boss is lozenge-shaped, domed and hollow to the reverse. It has moulded decoration, now worn, but apparently in the form of two back-to-back animal heads, each triangular in shape with the inside of the ears defined by a triangular depression.One loop appears larger than the other and has knobbed decoration (one knob survives just before the break). Both loops are oval in shape, the larger of which just less than half survives. About half of the smaller loop survives. The larger measures 21.53mm in incomplete length, the smaller 19.09mm in length.The bit link measures 58.27mm in length, 28.41mm in height (at the central boss), 13.30mm in max.thickness (at the boss) and weighs 13.26g.
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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