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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy terret. Only two opposite fragments of the upper hoop survive, one is 9mm in length and the other 4mm in lenght, they have a circular cross-section which is 6mm in diameter. These remains, of the upper hoop, flare in a skirt, which covers the lower hoop, this skirt is rectangular in plan, 36mm in length and 18mm in width. It is almost triangular in cross-section although the top edge of the triangle, where the upper hoop joins it, is flat. The skirt has two parallel transverse grooves at the point where it meets the upper hoop, it also has a circular hole with an internal diameter of 7mm, through its upper edge, that is the edge from which the upper hoop protrudes from. This hole is not central but 6mm from one longitudinal edge and 15mm from the other. The lower hoop is complete and joined to the inside edges of the skirt, it appears to have been square in cross-section, although it is now worn and therefore more rounded. It is semi-rectanglular in shape measuring 32mm in length and 7mm in width. This terret is Roman in date and a similar terret has been found at Castleford, although its skirt was slightly flatter, it was found in a context dated to A D 140-150, this type of terrret is believed to have been strap-mounted and from a cart harness (P. Butterworth 1998, p77-78, Fig, 26, No, 300). | Subjects: | Covered-loop Terret | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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