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Description: | The buckle is made from cast copper alloy. Only one half of the buckle frame remains. The portion is the side edge of the frame. The fragment measures 33.5mm long and has a maximum width of 13.6mm.
The portion of the frame is ')' shaped in plan. The lower terminal has a short horizontal element from which a small perpendicular loop protrudes from the lower edge. The terminal of the horizontal element is broken, but not recently.
The upper edge of this horizontal bar has a curved spur. The upper terminal of the frame becomes wider and ends with a broken oval sectioned terminal as it curves towards the upper edge of the loop. This terminal is a broken face, which is not recent, but has a different surface compared to the rest of the frame. The broken surface is corroded. This portion of the frame appears to be a zoomorphic feature, similar to a dolphin. On the outer surface there is a conical shaped cell depicting an eye. On the exterior edge an off-set sub-triangular crest protrudes. By the eye there is also a small trace of slivering or tinning.
The outer surface has the moulded decoration, the reverse ofthe frame however, is undecorated and flat, with the exception of the perpendicular loop.
The surface of the frame is poor, and there are only patches of the green/brown coloured patina remaining.
Similar, although more complete and less worn examples of these buckles have been discovered at Colchester, for example. They are defined as buckle type IIA and are believd to be late Roman in date and military in origin (Hawkes and Dunning 1961, 50-55, fig 17). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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