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Description: | Possible incomplete cast copper alloy Roman horse harness strap junction. This object is square in plan with an openwork triangular extension on the same plane (the perforation is triangular). It is flat in section. The square body is divided into two recessed rectangular fields, creating a central reserved strip between them. Each field contains two raised lentoids, placed on the diagonal, point to point at the central strip. Each lentoid is also recessed. The lentoids now appear to be devoid of enamel. The field around the lentoids (in all spaces) holds faint traces of red enamel. The reverse of the object is plain and has a rectangular loop that runs across the edge of the square body at the point just before it extends. The original surface of the object is patchy and survives with a dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The edges of the object are worn and abraded. The pointed end of the terminal appears to be broken. The object is 28.52mm long, 17.5mm wide, 2.96mm thick and weighs 8.7g. An exact parallel could not be found for this object. However, illustrated in MacGregor, 1976 (Early Celtic Art in North Britain: 2, number 33) is a strap junction formed from three integral lentoid shapes, the end portions having a rectangular loop like the object recorded here. It may be that this object was also integral to such a strap junction, and has broken off from the main body of the object at the narrowest point. | 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 | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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