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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: BERK-59826A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy strap-mounted harness fitting (terret ring) dating to the early Roman period. Lewis' type 19 'dropped-bar' form. The terret ring is composed of a simple plain oval loop with a thicker sectioned top than base and which has obvious signs of wear to one side. The base of the ring has a rectangular attachment loop which is also rectangular in cross section.
Similar strap-mounted terrets are recorded on the PAS database (in particular, records KENT-367219 and SWYOR-6BEF21) as well as in published literature (Lewis 2015, p. 84, fig. 4.1 xix). The dating for these pieces is based on the very few examples that have been excavated from stratified contexts, which in general corresponds broadly from the post-invasion period to the end of the 2nd century AD.
Class:
Terret
Sub class: Dropped bar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 55 mm
Weight: 53.6 g
Diameter: 44.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2017.293
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3895
Four figure Latitude: 51.6525132
Four figure longitude: -1.4521266
1:25K map: SU3895
1:10K map: SU39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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