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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: DOR-4D3C52
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age lipped terret of Spratling's group V dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 25. The terret consists of a curved frame which is oval in cross-section. The frame terminates in an old break at both ends. There are three oval knops in the form of pouting lips spaced at regular intervals along the frame, each bisected by a longitudinal groove running down the centre.
The terret measures 33.78mm in length, 8.99mm maximum width, 5.25mm minimum width, 9.31mm maximum thickness, 4.09mm minimum thickness and weighs 12.11g.
This example has been published in Corney, M, 1990, p. 244 & 249, no. 25.
Cf also:
Wainwright G W, 1979, Gussage All Saints - An Iron Age Settlement in Dorset which also notes terrets of this type.
Spratling, M, G, 1972, Southern British Decorated Bronzes of the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age, pp. 667, Fig. 8, nos. 36 & 37.
Class:
terret
Sub class: Lipped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 25
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.78 mm
Width: 8.99 mm
Thickness: 9.31 mm
Weight: 12.11 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GCD6
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage All Saints
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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