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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2003.136 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name terret Description Iron Age cast, copper alloy terret (rein ring) from a horse or chariot harness. The ring of the terret is in the form of two confronting dolphin heads, with engraved eyes and crests, joined between their open mouths. The ring is roughly circular in section. At the base of the ring is a square sectioned shank which is possibly broken. This terret is one of only a very few objects that provide evidence of Boudica's army, which destroyed Colchester in AD 60/1 having been excavated from a Boudican archaeological context. Production date 0061 Production period Iron Age, late Material copper alloy Dimensions width: 51.00 mm height: 63.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2003.136
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

terret
Description

Iron Age cast, copper alloy terret (rein ring) from a horse or chariot harness. The ring of the terret is in the form of two confronting dolphin heads, with engraved eyes and crests, joined between their open mouths. The ring is roughly circular in section. At the base of the ring is a square sectioned shank which is possibly broken. This terret is one of only a very few objects that provide evidence of Boudica's army, which destroyed Colchester in AD 60/1 having been excavated from a Boudican archaeological context.
Production date

0061
Production period

Iron Age, late
Material

copper alloy
Dimensions

Details