The Lemon Fool

While on the subject of Anglo Saxon treasures, this interested me in today's Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ction.html

It is clearly old, the rider is not using stirrups, which did not enter Western Europe until the 8th century (according to Wikipedia). However, I am not clear as to why it is confidently identified as early Anglo Saxon, rather than say late Roman.

Nimrod103 wrote:While on the subject of Anglo Saxon treasures, this interested me in today's Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ction.html

It is clearly old, the rider is not using stirrups, which did not enter Western Europe until the 8th century (according to Wikipedia). However, I am not clear as to why it is confidently identified as early Anglo Saxon, rather than say late Roman.

How does one date bronze?

Could dating be based upon anything else found with it at the same level or has it been done by comparing the design with other designs that have been dated?

Interesting question.

Charlottesquare wrote:

Nimrod103 wrote:While on the subject of Anglo Saxon treasures, this interested me in today's Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ction.html

It is clearly old, the rider is not using stirrups, which did not enter Western Europe until the 8th century (according to Wikipedia). However, I am not clear as to why it is confidently identified as early Anglo Saxon, rather than say late Roman.

How does one date bronze?

Could dating be based upon anything else found with it at the same level or has it been done by comparing the design with other designs that have been dated?

Interesting question.

Bronze artifacts cannot be radiometrically dated, so it must just be on stylistic grounds. From the article, it was found in a farmer's field by a detectorist. So no context.

It is just that the style doesn't look conclusively Anglo-Saxon to me, and I don't recall ever seeing Anglo Saxons being regarded as great horsemen, unlike say the Roman cavalry regiments. But I might be wrong.