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Description: | A late Roman, copper-alloy prick spur.
The arms are crescent-shaped in plan, D-shaped in cross-section and would have terminated with a riveted circular plate. The back of the spur is defined by a moulded rosette with a rivet hole in the centre. An incomplete, forward-facing hook extends above the prick. On other examples this prick terminates with a birds-head.
This spur belongs to the dominant British type that is characterised by riveted plates at either end of the arm and a forward facing hook above the prick. 1 Examples of this type found in dated contexts consistently indicate that this was a new introduction in the last third or last quarter of the fourth century with use continuing into the fifth century. 2
Other examples from Lincolnshire are known from Claxby with Moorby (PAS record no.NCL-3F8A04), Wood Enderby (PAS record no.NCL-720F04, Thimbleby (PAS record no.LIN-0887A7), two examples from Ludford (PAS record no.NLM5355 and NLM5354) and one from Old Winteringham. 3 The spurs from Lincolnshire have all been discovered on rural sites that have produced a variety of artefacts and coins dating from the first century onwards.
The fact that they have been found on rural sites should not cause concern; Hilary Cool points out that the nature of military deployment in the late fourth century is much different than it had been previously and it is not to be expected that military items will be confined to obvious military sites such as forts. 4 | 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: | 375
450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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