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Description: | A late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy toggle (300 BC ? 100 AD). The toggle has a solid cylindrical body with a curved loop on the upper surface (length of loop:13.82mm). The lower surface has a circular flattened section with a central circular depression, possibly originally inlaid with enamel. At either end there are expanded, flattened circular terminals (diameter: 12.63mm). Patchy dark green patina.
Toggles of this type are likely to have been used both for horse harnesses and for human clothing.
Dimensions: length 26.13mm; width 12.67mm; weight 17.33g | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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