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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 pointed oval eyes and a long snout. The rounded ears project. The zoomorphic terminal is roughly D-shaped in section with a hollow slot (filled with white concretion) which would have held the iron stirrup arm. The terminal is red coloured with a thin light green patina in places. It is 37.6mm long, 10.1mm wide and 9.2mm thick. 11.44g.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 and SWYOR-A35F8A.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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