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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: SUR-59B0D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy Roman strap-mounted terret ring of skirted type. The ring is circular, around 55mm in external diameter and 28mm in width, with a flattened lenticular cross section. This sits over a flat skirt of oval shape around 50mm in length. The lower loop is square and around 30mm in length. Circa 1st to 3rd century AD.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
Class:
terret
Sub class: strap mounted
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 75 mm
Width: 50 mm
Weight: 166.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Bishops Waltham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5415
Four figure Latitude: 50.93192988
Four figure longitude: -1.23294938
1:25K map: SU5415
1:10K map: SU51NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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