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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy probable small terret ring (diameter: 21mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 5.13g). With a slightly irregular D-shaped section this artefact also has a slight rib running around the outside of the ring, possibly part of the casting process? There are two protruding ridges 6mm apart with a thinner section between, possibly used for straps? Overall, the artefact is worn but in a fair condition with small areas of bronze disease on the underside of the ring as well as around the ridges along one side. A small terret-like object of the same size is illustrated in Brian Read??s ??Metal Artefacts of Antiquity??, 2001, pages 59 & 63, ref no 488, found in South-East Dorset and dating to the Iron Age or Roman period. Read comments that the small size of this artefact suggests no practical function, but this is not proven. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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