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Description: | A bone toggle or cheek piece from horse harness which is probably Iron Age or Roman in date. The toggle is 85.5mm long and is cylindrical, with a diameter of 21.8mm. It was made from a single piece of hollowed out bone which has been broken, post deposition, into five pieces. The breaks are fresh and are not worn. There is some older damage to one end.The toggle is a hollow tube and in the centre is a rectangular longitudinal slot which passes through the entire object. It is believed that a strap would have passed through this slot.The toggle is decorated with incised lines which are symmetrical, forming a cross saltire in the centre, with double transverse lines on each side. Flanking these is a rectangular transverse panel filled with diagonal lines, then another double border. There is a further double line at each end of the toggle. This decoration is repeated on the other face but is less clear being more worn and having more breaks on this face.The bone is in very good condition and is a remarkable survival. Parts of the surface are worn and smooth. The toggle can be paralleled by copper alloy examples such as DENO-7DDA34 and object C49 in "Celtic and Roman Artefacts" by Mills. There is also an almost identical bone example on display at Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley. The copper alloy examples are dated to 100BC - 100AD.
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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