Stirrups

Title

Stirrups

Subject

Archaeology

Description

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1886.443&444. Iron, brass. Early 11th century. Two stirrup-irons inlaid with brass wire scrollwork and rectangular panels with vertical strips. The foot-plate is missing from the larger of the two stirrups. Anglo-Scandinavian design. Recovered from the Cherwell near Magdalen Bridge, Oxford in 1886.

Creator

Ashmolean Museum

Date

Early 11th century

Files

Stirrups

Citation

Ashmolean Museum, “Stirrups,” Woruldhord, accessed April 26, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/638.

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