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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy stirrup terminal dating to the Late Early Medieval period. The terminal has a hollow U-shaped linear shaft whihch would have fitted on to and fully enclosed the stirrup arm. There are two raised ribs across the length of the shaft. At the end terminal of the shaft on the upper edge behind the ribbed mouldings is a looped and crested animal's head, highly stylised and designed so that the beast's head is curled back and round to face the stirrup, creating a circular aperture. Two flattened crests, or a double comb,extend from the top of the beast's head towards the closed foot of the terminal. One side of the animal's head has incised decoration on the crest plumes, and an curvilinear pattern running along a section of the shank and up and round with the cure of the head,terminating in an arrowhead design over the circular aperture. This design is similar to an example illustrated in Williams (1997 figure 3) and now in the British Museum.This type of stirrup terminal is descibed by Williams (1997) as being concentrated in East Anglia and Lincolnshire. Several others of a similar design have been found in the Midlands and the South, however this is the first of its type from Oxfordshire recorded with the PAS. It dates from the late 11th century AD, c. AD 1050-1100.
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