Harness strap junction

Description

Strap junction of bronze, horse harness, with upper surface inset with red, blue and buff enamel, from the Roman legionary fortress at Inchtuthill, Perthshire, 83 - 87 AD

Museum reference

X.FY 168

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Harness strap junction

Date

83 - 87

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Physical description

Bronze; in the form of a slightly convex bar with expanded rectangular ends and backed half roundels in centre; whole surface inlaid with alternate areas of red, blue and buff enamel, in four rows of triangles at the ends

Collection place(s)

Inchtuthil, Caputh, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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