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Description: | A cast copper alloy knobbed terret harness fitting of probable second century AD date. The near complete terret measures 58.7mm by 43.2mm by 12.2mm and weighs 36.5g. It consists of a oval loop which has a lozenge-shaped cross-section around most of its circumference, with the exception of a section 19.8mm in length which has a narrowed rectangular cross-section (7.3mm by 5.1mm) in between a pair of wider collars. The loop becomes slightly thicker before it joins the collars, which have oval cross-sections (14.3mm by 11.9mm) and decoration in the form of a circumferential grooved line. Originally there would have been three knops projecting from the outside of the loop, but one of these (that opposite the narrowed section) has broken off. The two surviving knops are sub-spherical and each is decorated with a single circumferential grooved line. A similar terret from Narborough, Leicestershire, has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (LEIC-F667D5). This type of terret was in use during the 1st century AD but most are of 2nd century date (Sally Worrell, pers. comm.). | Subjects: | Knobbed Terret | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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