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Description: | A pair of cast copper-alloy strap mounts of Roman date. They are both broadly square in form. They have upper surfaces with a moulded pointed longitudinal ridge, either side of which a curved section, semi-circular in section. The lower surface is recessed with a central longitudinal ridge echoing that above. From the centre of this emerges an integral rivet with integral rove. The rove is circular on one mount, and somewhat abraded on the other. The more intact rove has been bent and one side of the mount bent downwards on the same object.
The artefacts have the following dimensions:
Wider: L.: 20.3mm, W.: 20.3mm, Th.: 3.7mm, Max. H.: 9.75mm, Wt.: 5.64g
Narrower: L.: 20.6mm, W.: 18.7mm, Th.: 2.7mm, Max. H.: 9.6mm, Wt.: 5.52g
Such mounts are generally dated to the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD. These items both have a dark green patina and plausibly came from the same set of straps. | Subjects: | mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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