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STIRRUP
Unique ID: SUR-2EDD6D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy fitting, 71.0mm in length, comprising three convex lobes with moulded zoomorphic masks, separated by narrow hemicylindrical reels. The masks alternate their orientation in relation to each other, whilst being parallel to the line of the object. They have highly stylised, triangular feline faces with elongated and pointed eyes and are characterised with deeply moulded lines around the nose and eyebrows. The reverse of the object is flat and rough with corroded remnants of iron, which may be fixing pins or staples. There are breaks at either end of the object.
Possibly part of an early Medieval stirrup side or stirrup 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 1125
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 71 mm
Width: 12.2 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 28.33 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: Fernhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9027
Four figure Latitude: 51.03532346
Four figure longitude: -0.71780914
1:25K map: SU9027
1:10K map: SU92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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