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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy object, possibly a fragment from a harness fitting or similar object, and perhaps Iron Age or Roman in date. It comprises an incomplete flat and rectangular bar or plate from which extends an integrally cast terminal end. This is cylindrical with a waisted middle to give an egg-timer form. At its outer edge it has a concave face oriented away from the rectangular bar, which possibly once contained enamelled decoration or perhaps even a further section of loop or bar that is now missing due to old breaks. The entire object is undecorated and has a pitted surface with a dark green patina. It measures 33.63mm in length, 13.33mm in diameter at outer edge, and weighs 13.28g.This object is of uncertain form or function. It demonstrates some similarities with terret rings of Iron Age to Roman date, as well as terminals from Iron Age torcs. However, due to its state of preservation it is uncertain whether it formed a component of either. It is of probable Iron Age to Roman date, probably from the 1st-4th centuries AD.
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