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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy terret, consisting of a slightly elliptical hoop with circular cross-section, the hoop displays slight wear facets near its base. The hop is positioned above an integral ?skirt? with knops at each terminal. The skirt has a rounded profile and consists of two sub-triangular faces and a short diagonal moulding on the outer edge of each side. It is possible that the arrangement of knops and mouldings represent a stylised ox-head on each face of the skirt. The larger knops flanking the hoop would appear to represent horns while the lower knop represents the snout, and the lateral mouldings are suggestive of eyes. The skirt encloses a lower loop running in the same plain as the hoop and displaying a coarser finish to the casting. The underside of the skirt also displays less finishing. One face of the skirt has been distorted inwards and the surface displays small cracks as a consequence of stress in the metal. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Mark Lodwick | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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