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STIRRUP
Unique ID: NMS-92A37D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Late Saxon to medieval copper alloy zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. C-sectioned with straight sides terminating in an old break at either end. The reverse is hollow and retains traces of an off-white powdery substance probably the remains of solder, with a projecting ledge to support the (missing) iron foot-plate of the stirrup. The front is cast in relief in the form of a stylised and worn animal head (Williams provisional class B or unclassified zoomorphic) with transverse and V-shaped mouldings.
Similar to NMS-7F25A3.
Class: terminal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Height: 10.1 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2016 - Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IND25102016JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wortham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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