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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy strap end. Pointed oval in shape with one terminal missing due to an old break this strap end measures 25mm in length and 17mm in width. The complete terminal has an iron rivet through its centre which is attached to a fragment of sheet copper alloy on the back face, the function of which is unclear. The front face of this strap end is decorated with a boarder of small circular incisions, a large central circle formed of three concentric grooves, has a medium sized circles, also formed of three concentric grooves, above and below it, and small circles, again formed of three concentric grooves, to either side of it. The back face is undecorated. This strap end is late Roman in date similar examples can be found in 'Soliders and Settlers' (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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