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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy strap mounted and skirted terret of Roman date (1st/2nd century AD). This small harness fitting is characteristically Roman, with the loop protected by a 'skirt' (Geake 2001, 53). The loop, through which the rein would have passed, has broken off leaving only the lower part. At the base it is broadly circular in cross section (26.35mm long by c. 6.2mm wide). There is no neck and the loop is attached directly to the 'skirt'. The lozenge shaped 'skirt' of the terret separates the rein loop and base loop and the side corners curve downwards over the base loop; it is hollow on the underside. The sides are highly abraded. Any decoration on the elements is obscured by corrosion product, including much orange/brown. Given this surface quality of finds made in the vicinity this 'iron staining' is perhaps a geological phenomenon. Projecting from the underside of the 'skirt' its is a semicircular loop with a circular cross section; c. 5mm diameter in cross-section, it extends 18.5mm below the skirt. The breaks are all worn and corroded. The surface of the terret is mostly pitted and green.
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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