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Description: | An incomplete very worn copper-alloy Roman buckle frame. Only the outer edge of this buckle frame survives, the frame is rectangular in shape and the surviving fragment measures 39mm in width and 12mm in length. Two opposing stylised dolphins can be seen, their backs with stylised crests. Their mouths appear to be open and in between them there are two diagonal grooves, the tips of which meet, this is where the missing pin would probably have rested. The front face of this fragment is rounded and the back face is flat. Similar, although more complete and less worn examples of these buckles have been discovered at Caistor-by-Norwich, Norfolk, Caerwent, Wales, and Colchester, Essex, they are all defined as buckle type IIA and are believd to be late Roman in date and military in origin (Hawkes and Dunning 1961, 50-55, fig 17).
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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