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Description: | A copper-alloy possible harness-fitting, although it is very worn so this identification can not be certain. It is circular in shape with an external diameter of 31mm and an internal diameter of 21mm, it is circular in cross-section and 5mm thick. There is a worn projection from one edge which may be the neck to which a circular stud may have been attached. There are two transverse grooves, one either side of the base of the projection. A possibly parallel harness fitting has been found at the Roman small town of Wanborough, Wiltshire, although it is less worn, the stud survives and there are no grooves present on it. It is believed to have been either a harness ring or a junction ring for straps reinforcing bags and satchels, the stud providing a fastener when the top flap closed, another possiblitiy suggested is that it is a baldrick hook. The parallel dates to the mid-first century AD ( Anderson, Wacher and Fitzpatrick 2001 p95, fig 37, No, 120). | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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