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HARNESS FITTING
Unique ID: BERK-858F2A
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age lipped terret ring, c. 100 BC - AD 50. The terret consists of a curved frame with a circular cross-section, broken at both ends, revealing what may be a ferrous core. Of the remaining section, there are four transverse 'lips', spaced at regular intervals along the frame. The remaining single knop at one end may represent the terminal of a hoop with a junction link, like Spratling's group V form. The surface has a rough mid-green patina with ferrous staining to each broken end.
Class:
Terret
Sub class: Lipped terret
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 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.5 mm
Thickness: 11.23 mm
Weight: 25.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Eynsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4207
Four figure Latitude: 51.76011711
Four figure longitude: -1.39287005
1:25K map: SP4207
1:10K map: SP40NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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