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Description: | An almost complete worn copper-alloy covered loop Roman terret, measuring 60.67mm in total length. The oval loop, through which the rein would have passed has a roughly oval shaped cross-section and flares in thickness towards its base, it measures 39.61mm in external width and 34.53mm in external height and 31.02mm in internal width and 23.24mm in internal height. The outer face os this loop has lost its original surface in patches due to corrosion.
A short rectangular neck with a transverse moulding flares into the'skirt' of the terret which covers the integral copper-alloy loop. The 'skirt' is incomplete due old breaks, now worn and measures 40.91mm in surviving in width and c15.76mm in height. It has been shaped to represent the four petals of a flower. Each of the four shaped petals terminates with a small rounded protruding knop and curves upwards at its tip.
Beneath the 'skirt' projecting from the underside of the shorter sides of the 'skirt' is an arched integral loop, with an oval cross-section. This measures 33.16mm in length and 5.71mm in width.
This covered loop terret is similar to another example from Offton, Suffolk, see SF-CE0736 and Barrow see SF-C98361. | 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
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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