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EARLY MEDIEVAL HARNESS FITTING

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    EARLY MEDIEVAL HARNESS FITTING
  • Subjects: archaeology - EARLY MEDIEVAL
  • Description: Provider: - Institution: - Data provided by Europeana Collections- A slightly corroded fragment of a late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (11th century AD). The object consists an oval loop with three knopped protrusions, one at each cardinal point. A central oval perforation is visible in the loop. A fragment of the square projection which would have connected the loop to the central boss survives. The reverse of the harness fitting is flat. The object is of a a red-brown colour but is almost completely covered in variable mid/dark-green corrosion product. A harness link can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 62; ref. 474), and one with an engraved boss in Williams (2007, 5; ref. 6c).The harness fitting is 27.0mm in length, 25.85mm wide, 7.05mm thick and weighs 9.04 grams.- 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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