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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: SF-A8192E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman knobbed terret (rein guide). It is roughly D-shaped. There is a narrowed bar, rectangular in cross-section, across the base, which would have allowed attachment to a vehicle. To either side of this there is a raised collar. The curved frame extends from these, this is oval in cross-section and tapers gradually towards the upper part of the terret. In the centre of the outer face of each side there is a three-lobed knob and in the centre of the outer face of the apex there is a four-lobed knob. One of the sign knobs is now largely missing. There are significant signs of wear on the upper sides of the terret, between these knobes. A fine dark green patina survives in places, but there are also several patches of heavy corrosion.
Anna Lewis (pers. com.) comments that although 'it is a bit on the small side... it is probably a "true" terret rather than a mini terret looking at the wear and it is big enough to have functioned properly'.
Length: 57.35mm, width: 49.78mm, thickness: 13.50mm, weight: 49.92g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.35 mm
Width: 49.78 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 49.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Worlingworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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