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Description: | The object is possibly a harness fitting, or a strap guide. The heavy surface pitting and style perhaps suggests a late Iron Age or early Roman date. In plan the object is a sub-rectangle with expanded and rounded terminals and abraded edges. This terminals form a flange for the body of the object which is, in profile, a horizontal sub-crescentic shape. The apex of the object is the upper surface, the concave surface the underside. The apex of the object has a small central conical shaped cell. On the reverse one terminal appears to have the remains of an integral lug or stud. The opposite terminal has an oval mark where the stud/lug used to be. The underside of the body has a deep oval hollow. The surface of the object has a developed heavy patina which is a shiny mid grey colour. The patina is probably part of the alloy and not a separate silver or tin coating. Heavy pitting has taken place at the apex of the object and the edges are abraded. The object measures 31.19mm long, 21.11mm wide and 15.54mm tall. It weighs 12g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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