Tyne and Wear HER(16751): South Shields, harness mounts - Details
16751
S Tyneside
South Shields, harness mounts
South Shields
NZ36NE
Animal Equipment
Harness Fitting
Harness Mount
Roman
C2
Find
Bronze harness mounts. Maximum diameter 6.4 cm. The design of the two mounts, which are not exactly a pair, is based upon the 'trumpet' motif and is entirely Celtic. The 'trumpets' are combined to form a 'triquetra' or three-looped ornament. Similar mounts originated in north Gaul and the Rhineland and were carried by Roman troops from Celtic lands as far afield as Mesopotamia and Morocco. Great North Museum: Hancock 1956.128.103.A
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NZ3667
DJ Smith, 1974, Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne - An Illustrated Introduction, 19; Archaeologia Aeliana, Series Two, Volume X (1885), p 260; The Arts Council, 1970, Early Celtic Art (exhibition catalogue), 32, no. 166