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Class
- Horse and Harness Fittings
Material
- Bronze

DefinitionHorse bit
MaterialBronze
DimensionsRing: 25-30 mm in diameter, ring itself is 1 mm in diameter. Bit piece is 30 mm long by 16 mm wide.
DescriptionBronze horse fitting composed of a ring and bit. Broken after only 3 cm, but ring is in good shape. Pieces are both still free moving and have minor corrosion. Possible fragment of bit?
State of ConservationBit is snapped, ring is in good shape, pieces are still joined together and free moving.
ComparandaJacobi 1974, taf. 50, no. 780.

Record Details

Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5000
- Definitiontopsoil removed by bulldozer and cleaned by hand

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Author of Record
- Tyler Franconi

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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