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Description: | Fragment of a late Roman open loop zoomorphic buckle.
Mr. Stuart Laycock comments:
This is a fragment of a British-made buckle from the late 4th century. The type is based on a type of Roman open loop buckle featuring, at the top of the loop, two dolphins holding a globe in their mouth. This was then attached to a buckle plate by 2 rings at the bottom of the loop. One of the rings is still evident on this fragment. The 2 dolphins are missing, but a zoomorphic head (also seen on Roman examples) remains on what would have been the 'tail' of the dolphin. This fragment though is currently unique, having as it does a (probable) horses head on the side of the loop. Examples are known on British-made buckles with fins and small birds in this position (see buckles in lateromanbuckles.org.uk) and there are known examples with horses heads at the top of the loop, but one in this position is currently unrecorded. | Subjects: | Roman | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adkin, Jon | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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