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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-B2B585
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Miniature harness fitting of probable Late Iron Age to Roman date (c. 150 BC - AD 50). A terret ring of Spratling's group V in form, however, on a miniature scale and far too small to be functional. D-shaped in form with an oval-sectioned bar at the bottom with a lipped knop at either end. Five further lipped knops are spaced at regular intervals around the circumference of the ring. It exhibits a dark brown patina.
Possibly votive.
Similar in form to LIN-BA6CB2 (full size). Two similar examples, one from Sussex (SUSS-4E0AA5) and one from Herefordshire (HESH-9B8F37) have been recorded on the PAS database.
Diameter:19mm, height: 16.8mm, maximum width: 4mm, minimum width: 2.5mm, maximum thickness: 4.2mm, minimum thickness: 2.5mm, weight: 2.0g.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class:
miniature terret
Sub class: Spratling group V
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 150 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.8 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 2 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 25th August 2017 - Friday 25th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 14104
Other reference: IND28092017JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Long Stratton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1991
Four figure Latitude: 52.47297414
Four figure longitude: 1.22307312
1:25K map: TM1991
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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