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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-8405DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy enameled flat-ringed terret ring of Spratling's (1972) Group VIII, subgroup A. Late Iron Age to Roman date (c. AD 1 - 100). It exhibits a thin, rectangular-sectioned bar flanked by an oval expansion at either end. The crescentic loop expands in width from either terminal towards the apex. The inner edge of the loop is expanded into broad flange. Both faces of the ring are decorated. Running around the inner flange is an engraved zig-zag, now partially obscured by corrosion product.. This is followed by a broad band of red champlevé enamelled decoration consisting of axially symmetrical curvilinear designs including sweeping tendrils, triskeles and scrolls.
The surface is heavily pitted and worn. Much of the enamel has been lost or degraded.
Lewis (2015, 108) suggests that terrets of this form which exhibit only red enamel are most likely to date from the 1st century AD. Terrets with crescentic loops tend towards a marked southern and eastern distribution (Jope, 2000, 157).
Class:
flat-ringed terret
Sub class: Spratling's (1972) Group VIII, subgroup A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 63.5 mm
Width: 70.5 mm
Thickness: 16.5 mm
Weight: 79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th October 2017 - Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62260
Other reference: ENMD112017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Great Yarmouth (District)
Parish or ward: Martham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG4618
Four figure Latitude: 52.70372487
Four figure longitude: 1.63983497
1:25K map: TG4618
1:10K map: TG41NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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