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EARLY MEDIEVAL STIRRUP

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    EARLY MEDIEVAL STIRRUP
  • Subjects: archaeology - EARLY MEDIEVAL
  • Description: Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- A worn Early Medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal of Anglo-Scandinavian style dating to the 11th century AD. The terminal is moulded in the form of a stylised animal or beast and is sub-triangular in profile and plan. The exterior/bottom end of the terminal protrudes and is set at an angle of 45 degrees, is triangular in plan, and has a flat exterior/bottom edge. Above this there is a transverse ridge or collar with moulded central groove that depicts the beast's muzzle. This groove possibly extends further up the sides of the terminal, although this remains uncertain due to wear. From the pointed exterior edge of the muzzle is a ridge that runs up the middle of the terminal. Half way up the terminal turns inwards at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. At the point where the terminal turns inwards are bulging circular eyes either side of the central ridge. The head extends back to the top of the terminal, which has a raised transverse collar with central groove that mirrors the ridge on the muzzle. It is uncertain whether the entire back of the terminal was hollow or not due to the presence of tiny portions of the iron stirrup and extensive iron corrosion. There are possibly some traces of solder on the back face that were used to attach the terminal to the stirrup. This object measures 38.44mm in height, 18.10mm in width, 12.93mm in thickness, and weighs 23.65g. This object is part of a late Early Medieval Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup. It would have served as a zoomorphic terminal positioned at the base of the stirrup to hold in place the iron diagonal arm and footplate of the stirrup itself (hence the iron corrosion on the back of the current example). David Williams notes that the forms of the heads used on the stirrup terminals were inspired by Scandinavian metalwork, in particular the late Viking Ringerike and Urnes styles and that their distribution is quite well confined to the eastern counties of England (Williams, 1997: 1-2). These terminals are dated to the 11th century AD, with similar examples noted in William's study, especially his figs. 4e-f and 4h (Williams, 1997: figs. 4e-f, h).- All metadata published by Europeana are available free of restriction under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. However, Europeana requests that you actively acknowledge and give attribution to all metadata sources including Europeana
  • Creation Date: 1000
  • Language: English
  • Source: Europeana Collections
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