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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.
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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