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Description: | A copper-alloy strap-end or harness fitting of probable 1st century AD date. A close parallel for this piece was found at Camerton, Somerset, in a hoard of military metalwork dating from the 1st Century BC to the 1st century AD (see R. Jackson; 1990; pp. 38; no. 78)*.
The object has a tongue-shaped plate which is divided into two panels of moulded decoration. The panel at the distal end (ie. that furthest from the point of attachment, presumably to a leather strap) is defined on the left hand side (as you look at it) by a double raised vertical border and, on the right hand side, by a vertical recess. The decoration in this left hand panel consists of a pair of raised lines which converge to a point at the left hand end; a similar form of decoration on the Camerton strap-end is described as being a heavily stylised leaf. The proximal plate panel extends gradually into a blunt point at the right hand end and is decorated with several closely-spaced, raised horizontal ridges. The surface of the plate as a whole retains traces of silvering. At the left hand end of the object is a globular terminal knob with a slightly stepped right hand side. The reverse of the plate is recessed and there are two small integral copper-alloy fixing rivets at the right hand end.
The object is worn and corroded. It measures 47mm long, by 10mm wide and 8.9mm thick; the weight is 10.41g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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