File:11th century harness link (FindID 766495).jpg

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11th century harness link
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Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2016-02-05 17:21:28
Title
11th century harness link
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval harness link of Anglo-Scandinavian attribution, dating to c. AD 1000-1150. The fitting comprises a lozenge shaped terminal with,a central circular void, knops on each corner save one which has the rectangular arm projecting from one angle. This arm is hemispherical in cross-section and finishes at a large zoomorphic head that would have been the central motif of the piece, on the other side of the head there is a breka which would have been for an identical arm and lozenge ring. The zoomorphic head has a pointed chin and two triangular ears, triangular eyes and nose. The head is, to the modern eye quite feline but may have meant to be canind orignaly. The back of the fitting is flat and undecorated with the edges of both front and back appear to have been bevelled.

Measurement: 44.72mm long, 20.59mm wide, 8.49mm thick and 16.53g in weight.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1000 and 1100
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 766495
Old ref: KENT-4D8F5B
Filename: KENT4D8F5B.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/552184
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/552184/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/766495
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Object location51° 21′ 46.08″ N, 1° 14′ 59.78″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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