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Copper alloy terret. Cast bronze ring with rectangular attachment bar set on edge between two vertical domed stops around each of which there is a groove. The tops of the stops and the adjacent parts of the inner face of the ring have slight wear-facets. Symmetrically disposed around the ring and set transverse thereto are three pairs of lip-wings, the inner faces of which are embellished with red glass; the insets are bordered by incised lines. Incised lines also define curving-sided areas of pointelle dots; some of the incised lines also have punched dots spaced along them. On either side of the grooves between the wings there is a narrow bevel transversely nicked with a chisel-ended punch at 0.5mm intervals. The ring itself is also embellished with red glass; the insets are bordered with indented incised lines. The outer edge of the ring is transversely nicked with a chisel-ended punch at approximately 1mm intervals.
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