Record ID: NMS-CF7014
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon Anglo Scandinavian copper alloy zoomorphic harness/bridle cheek piece dating to the period c. AD 1020 - 1100. Only one projecting arm remains. It exhibits two old breaks, indicating the position of two missing radiating arms. The remaining fragment is in the form of the head and neck of a sinuous animal, possibly a dragon, with a prominent four-pointed crest at the top of the head and an open mouth with projecting tongue. The eye is indicated by a compass drawn ring-and-dot applied on one side only. Williams (2007) Type 1 (variant). Similar to: NMS-040A25 &am…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-011C2D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon bridle bit link dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. One end exhibits a knobbed loop on a short shank with an off-centre oval boss, the reverse of which is hollow. On the other side of the boss is an oval loop worn through. See: Williams, D, 2007, p. 4, fig. 5.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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