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Description: | Incomplete Roman strap fastener. A loop with sub-triangular or trefoil aperture above a transverse rib on both faces. Below this a triangular section bar extends to a break. On two narrower faces part of an engraved inscription, to be read with loop to the left V T [ above F ] Only the first half of the T is present. the second letter on the second line begins with a vertical stroke. The complete text was probably VTERE FELIX (meaning literally ??use happy?? i.e. ??good luck to the user??). Tinned or silvered. Length >25mm. Width at loop 12mm, at bar 8mm. Inscription: VTERE FELIX | Subjects: | Strap fastener | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bales, Ellen - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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