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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy terret dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman periods. This comprises a section of the hoop with a decorative moulding. The attachment bar and rest of the hoop, which would have incorporated two more decorative mouldings, are missing. The bar is circular in section and c. 5.5mm in diameter. Just beyond the moulding there are a pair of circular recesses. From the comments accompanying the illustrations provided (see notes, below) they once contained red enamel inlays - a feature not uncommon on later Iron Age terrets. What is unusual about this terret is the nature of the decorative moulding. It runs at right angles to the ring, allowing the terret to be categorised as a 'transverse wing' type, however, rather than a pair of lips, as is more common in these types of terrets, the moulding comprises a large, sub-circular flat disc. Its upper edge is decorated by serrations. The disc is flanked by two slightly raised collars, beyond one of which are the cells. A date in the 1st century AD seems most likely.
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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