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Description: | A near-complete cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal of late Early-medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) date. The terminal is in the form of a stylised animal or beast with long boar-like snout and crested head. The snout is emphasised by transverse ribs or collars, while the crest has two protruding knops and linear emphasis around the outer edges and internally, forming the open mouth of another beast, with the two knops forming a raised snout and possibly an eye. The head of the main beast has two eye-like apertures separated by a vertical bar. The hollow, semi-cylindrical underside of the terminal would encased the now missing stirrup. This object would have served as a decorative zoomorphic terminal from a late Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup; the crested animal with hollow back face is of a type more commonly confined to the east of England, specifically East Anglia and Lincolnshire (see Williams 1997: 1-2, fig. 3; database comparisons: SF-058837, SF-1A3B03, SF-AD5323, SF-68A6D6 and SF-6A1C95). It dates to the 11th century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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