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Description: | An Iron Age bridle bit. The object has a cylindrical shank, which is sub-oval in section. The shank swells slightly midway down and is of an uneven thickness. The shank is decorated with transverse ribs, some of which are very worn. One terminal of the shank is broken and is covered in iron corrosion. The corrosion around the terminal may suggest that the object has an iron core. The opposite terminal has an integral U-shaped attachment, which is also incomplete. The sides are attachment are of an uneven thickness and may have formed part of a complete loop. The outer sides are decorated with incised vertical lines on one side and incised diagonal lines on the other. The surviving length of the object is 53.9mm, the maximum thickness of the shank is 14.7mm, the width of the U-Shaped attachment is 17.6mm and the weight is 48.23g. | 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: | -800
-100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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