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Description: | A complete copper-alloy covered loop Roman terret, measuring 57.4mm in total length.
The oval loop, through which the rein would have passed has a roughly oval shaped cross-section and flares in thickness towards its base, it measures 36.7mm in external width and 32mm in external height and 28.4mm in internal width and 22.7mm in internal height. One upper edge of this loop is thinner due to use wear.
A short rectangular neck flares into the'skirt' of the terret which covers the integral copper-alloy loop. There is an oval shaped hole through one face of the neck but this appears to be due to damage or corrosion rather than an original feature of the object.
The 'skirt' measures 45.5mm in width and c24.6mm in height. It has been shaped to represent the petals of a flower, with two opposing downwards sloping front and back petals and two smaller upwards curving side petals. Each of the four shaped petals terminates with a small rounded protruding knop.
Beneath the 'skirt' projecting from the underside of the two opposing smaller upwards curving 'petals' is an arched integral loop, with an oval cross-section. This measures 31mm in length and 5.8mm in width.
All faces of this terret have a reddish brown corroded iron adhering to them. This covered loop terret is similar to another example from Offton, Suffolk, see SF-CE0736. | Subjects: | 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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