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Description: | A broken copper-alloy artefact, possibly a Roman harness fitting. The object consists of a strip of copper-alloy folded in two with circular perforations (3.5 mm in diameter) on both sides of the fold, presumably for a rivet to pass through. Both ends of the artefact are broken, and the longer side reveals evidence of having had two such perforations, whereas the shorter side is broken at the first hole. The object is 8.9 mm wide at its thickest, before the break, tapering to 5.2 mm at the fold. The remains measure 42 mm long. The identification as a harness fitting is by no means certain, but some artefacts that are similar in form are identified as such and illustrated in Crummy (1983, 132; 4200, 4201). The patina and an association with late Iron Age and Roman artefacts suggest a 1st century BC to Roman date.
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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