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Early Medieval bridle cheekpiece (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-06-02 16:37:51
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Early Medieval bridle cheekpiece (fragment)
Description
English: A copper-alloy fragment of a bridle cheekpiece or similar fitting, dating from the Early-Medieval to Medieval periods.

The surviving piece is 'U-shaped', one end terminating in a probable zoomorphic head, the other bifurcating to form the remains of an openwork element. The zoomorphic head has a relief-moulded cheek, oval eye and scalloped crest. The snout is rounded and has an angled, sub-crescentic moulding. A 'Y-shaped' groove may de designed to represent bridle straps. The underside of the piece is flat. The object measures 42.9mm long, 31.8mm wide, up to 4.6mm thick (at the eye) and weighs 12.6g.

This piece cannot be classified under Williams's current typology (2007: 2-4); however, it certainly belongs to the series of 11th C Anglo-Scandinavian horse trappings. Similar pieces on the PAS database include HAMP-0F66F3, HAMP-9A5B16, KENT-A4A477 and SF-656764.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
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
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FindID: 444527
Old ref: BH-F89D83
Filename: hruzak 017.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/330498
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/330498/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/444527
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