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Description: | Copper alloy wheel. Cast wheel with three four oval spokes, each dished in the middle as is the hub where they meet, and a plain probably rectangular section rim of width 3.4mm, of which one quarter is lost. A solid conical axle of length 9mm projects from the back of the hub. The five dished areas may all have been intended to receive enamel, though no trace of colorant now remains. The wheel was a symbol associated with Iron Age cults such as that of Taranis. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100 BC-AD100.Diameter: 35.5mm, Thickness (clear of hub): 3.4mm, Weight: 11.45gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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