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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle plate, dating to the Roman period.
This plate would have once been fitted to a dolphin buckle. The fragment comprises one of the long edges of the frame and part of the strap bar. The strap bar is rounded and wider than the plate and has been pierced to allow the axis bar through. A notch survives where the buckle would have attached. The buckle plate would have been rectangular and was decoratively cut with round and rectangular outlines. Next to the strap bar there is a round hole, joined directly to a rectangle. There is then a central bar, which runs parallel to the strap bar. Then there is a further rectangle and a separate cut round. This design would have been copied in the central row and on the opposite edge. A punched ring and dot are also evident in the coroners. The metal is a dark greyish-brown and it is pitted.
A parallel can be seen in Appels and Laycock, p171. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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