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Anglo-Scandinavian harness fitting
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Liz Wilson, 2003-12-20 17:37:55
Title
Anglo-Scandinavian harness fitting
Description
English: A small harness link of Anglo-Scandinavian design, dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period. The artefact is made of lead, and would have had two rings either side of it to form the bridle cheekpiece. The rings would have been attached to the 'arms', which extend horizontally from either side of the artefact. Between these two arms there is a head of some sort of creature. The face has eyes, nose, mouth and ears on top of its head (like a bear). The artefact measures 41.32mm (from the tips of the 'arms'), 26.82mm (from the creature's ears to his 'chin'), 11.97mm from the tip of his 'nose' to the reverse of the artefact, and weighs 19.68g. The reverse of the artefact is hollow (behind the creature's face). This component of the bridle cheekpiece is complete, although the rings do not remain. The metal has started to deteriorate and has a light-greenish-grey surface which is powdery.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 1000 and 1050
date QS:P571,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 57204
Old ref: SUSS-482A02
Filename: SUSS-482AO2.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/15336
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/15336/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/57204
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current02:22, 31 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 02:22, 31 January 2017639 × 410 (16 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, SUSS, FindID: 57204, early medieval, page 775, batch count 13626

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