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Description: | A cast copper alloy circular sectioned cylinder. The moulded decoration is formed by three wide ribs. Two ribs form the terminals. One terminal is possibly a broken edge. The opposite terminal is possibly complete, but due to the pitting and corrosion this is not certain. In profile the cylinder is slightly curved. The interior is slightly irregular, and is oval in section. The surface of the cylinder is corroded and pitted. There are traces of a heavy green/brown patina. It measures 33.19mm long, 20.81mm diameter, and the wall of the cylinder is 5.39mm at one terminal. It weighs 38.13g.
The decoration and heavy patina may suggest an Iron Age date. Fox (Fox, C. 1958 Pattern and Purpose: A Survey of Early Celtic Art in Britain National Museum of Wales, Cardiff) illustrates similarly decorated bracelets, for example Plates 2 and 31 which are dated to the Iron Age period. Iron Age terret rings are also decorated with ovoid knop, for example Cunliffe (Cunliffe, B. 1995 'The Celtic Chariot: A Footnote' in Cunliffe, B. (ed.) Sites and Sights of the Iron Age: Essays on Fieldwork and Museum Research Presented to Ian Mathieson Stead Oxbow Monograph 56) illustrates a similar moulding on a terret ring, No. 6 Figure 16. However the function of this object is not known, but could possibly be a torc terminal. | 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 | 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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