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Description: | A copper alloy possible harness fitting of Iron Age or Roman date. The openwork harness fitting is irregular in plan and has been suggested by Read to as amphora shaped with a central circular perforation with a triangular openwork projection (12.4mm in length and 21.05mm wide, internally - max length 7.6mm, max width 11.35mm ) flanked by two semi circular loops. In cross section the edges of the central perforation expand from 3.35mm to 8.55mm adjacent to the triangular perforation and from 2.7mm to 13.95mm at the bottom of the fitting. The circular perforation has an internal diameter of 13.45mm.The artefact has been recorded in Read (2001) no. 492 and has been suggested as a Roman harness fitting.The harness fitting is 33.15mm in length, 25.05mm wide, 13.95mm maximum thickness and weighs 12.79 grams.
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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