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Description: | A fragment of a worn copper-alloy Iron Age terret or rein ring. A fragment of the hoop and one decorative moulding survive, the rest of this terret is missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment measures 19.6mm in length and the hoop, with a worn square cross-section measures 5.2mm by 5.2mm in width and thickness. The decorative moulding measures 10.3mm in width, 13.9mm in length and 8.3mm in thickness. It is lip shaped with an unusual central projection in the centre of its outer face. This terret ring fragment is similar to other lipped examples from Suffolk e.g East Bergholt (see SF-1288), and Saham Toney Norfolk (Davies 1996, 71-73, fig 6). Terret rings date to the Iron Age, first century BC.
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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