Record ID: NMS-7249BD
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over a quarter of an elaborate harness fitting or similar, pierced through the centreline for a vertical bar (now missing) of iron, the rusty remnants partially obscure the top perforation. This end is depicted as a three-faced anthropomorphic three-dimensional head, each cojoined face shares an eye with the adjacent head so there are three eyes in total. Below this there is semi-circular bar in the form of a stylised dolphin, apparently biting the side of the faces, one remains extant, the opposing bar is broken but the stub remains with a trace of the other dolphin’s mouth…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-96627D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret ring. Only a short section of the harness guide-loop is extant, but the skirt and the attachment loop beneath it are complete. The guide-loop, as far as it survives, is bi-convex in cross-section. The skirt is lozengiform and has a small projecting rounded knop at two opposing corners. These corners are at the centre of two halves of the skirt which are angled downward. The ridge between the two halves is straight and the guide-loop sits upon it, oriented longitudinally. The attachment loop is circular-cross-section. It pro…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4048C7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual Roman copper alloy military harness fitting in the form of a pelta-shaped strap slide with a shallow moulded peripheral grooves on the front face, and an integral loop, the sides of which are concave-sided with a transverse basal groove. The linking bar is slightly bent inwards. Weight 6.91g. Length 15mm. Width 25mm. The loop is 19mm wide and 10.5mm deep internally. Mid 1st - early 2nd century.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-43D63C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret ring. Incomplete oval-sectioned loop above a collar before a lozengiform skirt angled down at the front and back, and up at each side with a small rounded knop at each terminal (width, point to point 46.5mm). The skirt is divided into four foils by four lines of closely spaced punched dots. The two downturned foils (front and back) also have a vertical median rib decorated with a similar line of punched dots. Sub-rectangular attachment loop at the hollow base. Width of attachment loop (external) 32mm, (internal) 23mm. E…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-DA253B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret with all of the ring missing, leaving a hole in the centre of the four-leaved skirt. The pointed oval leaves alternate in two forms, wide with a median arris and a rounded horizontal knob, and narrow with a similarly shaped but upswept terminal knob. One of both forms remains complete, the other two having lost their knobs (old breaks). Between the upper end of each leaf there is a blind drilled hole near the four corners of the rectangular base from which the ring once sprung . On the undersid…
Created on: Saturday 18th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 27th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0C5A7B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy military harness fitting, a discoidal strap slide with a shallow moulded peripheral groove on the front face, one of two integral loops surviving on the reverse and part of a central round hole. The breaks are old. Nicolay 2007, pl. 81, looped strap mount Type AA. Weight 3.1g. Diameter 32mm. Thickness 8.3mm. The loop is 13mm wide and 6mm deep / thick internally. Mid 1st - early 2nd century.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2FAA23
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman military copper alloy harness fitting, a rectangular strap junction with, on each side, a rectangular opening (for a strap) to the hollow interior. On the front face there are two broad roll mouldings with a pair of ribs running between them, cf. Nicolay 2007, 394, pl. 83 no.87.4 with a single median rib, a design which is found much more frequently on harness mounts with integral rivets (Nicolay 2007, Type B6, pl. 73, no. 142.1; WMID-431F12, SWYOR-0771C2, NMS-C1F585, LIN-A9C66E, NMS-51C6F7 and NMS-329964). The reverse, which has been compressed inwards, is plain. Weight 13.7g. …
Created on: Sunday 10th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-085742
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy probably military harness fitting, a strap slide comprising a flat crescentic plate with an integral rectangular loop on the reverse. If the horns of the crescent point upwards the loop is horizontal and towards the curved back of the crescent is a circular cell, the enamel missing and part of the back of the cell missing with a small and irregular perforation. Crescentic plate 34 x 25.5mm. Thickness of plate 2.5mm. Loop 13.5 x 3mm internally. Weighs 10.93g. 2nd - 3rd century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E520DC
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy military harness fitting, a circular, domed strap slide with a loop springing from within the edges of the domed head. Weight 8.5g. Diameter 19.3 - 20.1mm. Overall thickness 14.7mm of which the head accounts for 7.5mm. Width within loop 10.5mm (outside of loop 15.5mm). Mid 1st - 3rd century.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-39F21D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy skirted terret consisting of parts of a round-sectioned loop and of the upper face of a skirt with traces of an iron bar embedded on the underside. Extant height and thickness 20.5 and 10.5mm. Mid 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Sunday 28th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-40CF7D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman military rectangular harness or strap fitting, copper alloy with millefiori inlay. At one narrow end an integral pair of hollow tubes would have held a spindle and have been hinged with another element such as a toggle clasp, cf. Nicolay 2007, pl. 54 no. 92.99, rather than with a buckle frame (cf. NLM4646). On the reverse are two integral rivets allowing a gap of 4 - 5mm for the thickness of a strap. Three elongated rectangular cells, on the front within an area raised above the sides and one end, were filled with squares of millefiore, eight in each. The glass is badly decayed …
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BCCD84
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper-alloy dropped-bar terret of early Roman date, c. 50-150 AD (Lewis 2015, 76, 84, fig. 4.1 xix). It consists of a main ring and an attachment loop, with a small knob at the apex of the main ring. The main ring is oval both externally and internally, and is oval in cross-section. It is bottom-heavy, so is wider and thicker in cross-section towards the base (the junction with the attachment loop). It has a maximum thickness of 11mm at the base but is 8mm thick at the top; the internal dimensions are 17 x 14mm and it is 34mm wide externally. At the top it has a ci…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2D2CD5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy terret. About 40 per cent of the ring survives, which is a flat in cross-section and terminates in worn breaks. This is surmounted by a sub-rectangular loop, which is filled in with iron corrosion. The piece has a dark brown patina, but has lost a lot of it's surface due to corrosion, revealing a dark green patina underneath. Terrets were used in paired draught to guide the reins from the horse's mouths to the hands of the driver. In total, five terrets form a complete set. All five were placed along the yoke, with the central terret being larger than …
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: NMS-19A0E1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret ring. Worn and slightly distorted oval-sectioned loop above a collar before a lozengiform skirt angled down at the front and back, and up at each side with rounded knops surviving on both side angles, the knops are missing at front and back where the skirt is damaged. Sub-rectangular attachment loop at the hollow base. Width of loop (external) 36.5mm, (internal) 30mm. Width of attachment loop (external) 25.5mm, (internal) 18mm. Height 54mm. Weight 32.90g. Other terrets of this type are known from Norfolk, e.g. from Newton Flotman (NMS…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-EF79A0
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete unusual Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret. Damaged ring with a short section at the apex with a break at both ends and slightly offset. The circular-sectioned rectangular projected loop is protected by a drooping rectangular skirt the upper face of which has an engraved bordering line and a transverse line on either side of the ring at the mid-point. Much of one end and part of one side of the skirt is missing and the are multiple oblique secondary striations on ring and skirt here scraped and damged. The lower part of the ring, the skirt and the loop have…
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-1FF761
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman copper alloy terret of simple and plain type, worn and corroded, stump of missing rectangular basal loop and remains of tapering sides of the broken sub-rectangular ring. Extant height 39mm. Weight 25.10g. Similar to NMS-BC9045. c.43 - c.200 AD.
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-816575
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy terret of simple and plain type, worn and corroded, worn stumps of the missing rectangular loop and oval-sectioned ring. The loop measures 12mm wide internally. External diameter of ring 39mm, internal 25mm. Weight 42.87g. c.43 - c.300 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8C746D
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret with about half of the sub-circular sectioned upper loop or rein ring and slightly less than half of the skirt missing. There is no collar between skirt and upper loop. The drooping skirt is a multifoil with seven out of twelve foils remaining, each one divided from its neighbours by a straight engraved line radiating out from the base of the upper loop. The curving lower loop is of circular cross-section. Weight 40.35g. Extant height 47.5mm. Width (of skirt) 40.5mm. Estimated thickness (of skirt) 30mm. Mid 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-120D56
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy harness pendant or mount dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. Lunate in from; one terminal is missing due to old breaks, the other terminates in a moulded knop. The stub of a lug or suspension loop projects from the apex. Similar examples are discussed by Nicolay (2007).
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-B3F4E9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy strap-mounted and skirted terret. Almost all of the ring missing. The rectangular projected loop is protected by a drooping concave-sided lozengiform skirt on which an arris joins the base of the ring to each corner. Each of the angles is knopped (one missing). There is a collar at the junction of skirt and ring. Extant length 42mm. Width 41mm. Extant height 33mm. Weighs 44.80g. Mid 1st to late 2nd century AD.
Created on: Monday 8th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
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