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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy harness fitting or skirted terret ring. It is missing most of the hoop and part of the 'skirt' due to old breaks. At the top of the object is the integral hoop, which is flat, oval shaped in section and has a small transverse collar at the point where it joins the skirt. This would origianlly have acted as a rein guide and measures 4.59mm in thickness. Beneath the collar is the flat, flaring skirt. It is lozenge shaped in plan and folded along its centre at an angle of 45 degrees to give an inverted V-shaped profile with the hoop along the central ridge. The exterior edges of the skirt have small projecting knops at each of the four points of the lozenge. Between each knop the edge is curved with a small v-shaped notch half way between the knops. One side of the skirt is complete, however the opposite side is mostly missing due to old breaks. On the broken side of the skirt the hoop and skirt are perforated by a deliberate, large rectangular incision. This may have been a secondary modification to enable more secure attachment of the terret. The entire object measures 37.78mm in length (at skirt), 22.86mm in width, 1.41mm in thickness (at skirt), and weighs 12.88g. Similar Roman terret rings have been recorded through the PAS from Suffolk (SF-AD3AA8, SF-44FBC4, SF-C4CED7), Essex (ESS-EF52BZ), Kent (KENT-F6A3A5) and elsewhere. They are generally associated with the early Roman period and suggest a date in the 1st century AD for the current example.
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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