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Description: | Roman copper alloy harness junction loop, probably of 1st century AD date The harness fitting is fragmentary and has broken near the end of the loop and through an attachment rivet hole (with a surviving length of 35.9mm and a weight of 4.4g). The loop is hollowed on the rear and the sides are eroded (with a maximum width of 11.9mm and on overall surviving depth of 7.8mm). The beginning of the loop has a broad rounded rib (with a width of 13.1mm), flanked on each side by a narrow rib and also hollowed on the rear. There is a circular recesses around the broken rivet hole, indicating it to be of Bishop's (1988, p 157) Type 1 junction loops and probably of Type d but possibly of e-f, i-j or n-q. The surface has a pale green corrosion product with small patches of pale brown patina surviving.A similar junction was found in a third century pit during the excavations at Usk (Manning 1995, 40, no. 3).
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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