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Description: | A cast copper ally harness fitting or terret ring, dating to the later Iron Age (c. 150 BC - c. AD 43). The terret ring is roughly D-shaped in plan, with a narrowed strap or reign bar wirth a rectangular cross section at the base of the object; either side of this bar at the terminals of the rounded outer loop of the frame are rounded knops bordered by simple lined decoration of the la tene style. The loop of the terret ring narrows from the knopped terminals towards the centre of the outer frame. At this point is another rounded protrusion that consists of three parts; a central strip with seven raised circular pellets, bounded either side by broadly lozenge-shaped fields. Extended around the outer edge of the terret frame is a continuation of the linear la tene decoration. No direct comparison could be found in the available literature, nor in a preliminary search of this database, however research is ongoing.
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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