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Description: | A complete copper-alloy covered loop terret, measuring 58mm in total length. The oval loop, through which the rein would have passed has a roughly lozenge or oval shaped cross-section and flares towards its base, it measures 43mm in external width and 35mm in external height and 31mm in internal width and 24.5mm in internal height. A short rectangular neck is decorated with faint traces of transverse moulding. Beneath this is the'skirt'which covers the integral copper-alloy loop, measuring 50mm in width and c20mm in length. The'skirt'has been shaped to represent the petals of a flower, with three downwards sloping front and back petals and two smaller upwards curving side petals. Each of the four shaped petals terminated with a small rounded protruding knop, these knops are now missing on the side 'petals' due to old breaks, now worn. Beneath the 'skirt' projecting from the centre of the underside of the base of the loop is a rectangular shaped integral loop, with a square cross-section and measuring 30mm in length and 15mm in width externally and 19mm by 10mm internally. Other Roman covered loop terrets have been found in Baylam, Suffolk, and Cockfield, Suffolk but these do not have the same shaped'petals'with decorative incisions as this example does. There is an example from Aldeburgh which also has shaped 'petals' with decorative incisions and scalloped edges (see SF-A449D4).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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