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Description: | A copper alloy object cautiously identified as a possible prick spur of Roman date, AD 100 - 300. The surviving part is the goad and three short arms project from it, each terminating in a rivet to attach the goad to the rest of the spur (now missing) or to a leather strap. The goad is circular in section and tapers to a point. It is 12.2mm long and is decoated at the attachment end with a double groove round the base, but not on the (probable) underside. At the base of the goad is a cuboid boss. with champfered corners. Projecting from this are three matching arms, one to each side (curved to fit round the heel) and one extending upwards (or possibly downwards). Each arm has a double groove near the boss, a rectangular central part, with the corners champfered, and then a projecting collar before a rounded terminal. In each terminal is a rivet hole and the remains of an iron rivet (2mm diameter). The reverse is undecorated. The goad is 31.3mm long, 23.8mm wide and 18.2mm high. It weighs 8.52gm.The goad can be compared to SF-4D3314 and possibly NMS-9A6EA0. Sally Worrell's published note on Roman Spurs (Lucerna 28, 2004 (pg 20-22) ) reports that Roman spurs are very rare with only 35 pick spurs of Jahn's Class III known. She also notes two concentrations of finds, in the North East and in Hampshire. Her article is about Late Roman spurs, and this example differs from the ones illustrated, because it is of earlier date. Compare instead Type C spurs described in Nicolay's 'Armed Batavians' (2007), page 59.Though a Roman spur seems the most likely identification, alternatively, this object may be part of the fixing from a gimble mounted object such as a compass (comprising one gimble trunnion and its attachment to a circular object) and be of a later date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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