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Description

Class
- Horse and Harness Fittings
Material
- Iron

DefinitionSpur
Materialiron
Dimensions13.7 cm overall. U-shaped piece 7.7 cm long, 7.8 cm wide, 5 mm thick. Spur attachment shaft 46 mm long, 11 mm wide, 9 mm thick. Fork for rowel 29 mm long. Rowel is 44 mm from tip to tip, and 7 mm thick. Individual spikes are 16 mm long.
DescriptionIron spike in poor condition, heavily corroded. Right attachment flange is missing, left attachment flange is broken, as is the ring at the joint of U-shape and spur attachment arm. Some spikes of rowel are missing
State of Conservationleft attachment hole missing, 2 spur teeth missing
ComparandaLaking 1920, pp. 165, a. D'Ercole 1985, 582-3, tav. XCIV 1053.

Record Details

Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_4332
- DefinitionStrato di pietre alineate, i resti di una scalina

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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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