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Description: | The object is a harness ring or terret ring from the late Iron Age. A similar terret was found at Usk (Manning, 1995; No. 10) but this was slightly more decorated than the recorded example. The terret is made from cast copper alloy.
In plan the terret has a sub-oval penannular loop. The terminals of the loop are joined at the base by an integral bar. The loop is oval in section and is slightly asymmetrical in plan. The wide and thickness of the loop expands towards the terminals. The terminals have a pronounced collar. The bar in plan is a sub-?T? shape. The base of the vertical protrusion of the ?T? is probably a broken edge. It appears to be a type of tang. This portion of the bar tapers in width and has rounded edges. The break does not appear to be recent. The horizontal arms of the bar are in-set and are positioned on the lower edge of the loop terminals. The bar is sub-rectangular in section with rounded edges.
The surface of the ring has traces of a well developed blue/green coloured patina. Areas on the loop and bar are abraded and have red copper corrosion. However, there are also more recent scrapes on the surface revealing a dull brown/yellow coloured metal.
The ring measures 46.03mm long, 39.62mm wide, and 8.76mm thick. It weighs 30.67g. | 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: | -300
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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