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Description: | A cast copper-alloy belt mount dating to the late second or early third century AD. The mount comprises an asymmetrical openwork design of three trumpet motifs. The trumpet motifs are hemispherical in section. A bar which is rectangular in plan and section adjoins the trumpet motifs. The bar is decorated with a median groove. Two circular attachment lugs with circular perforations extend from the bar. On the underside of the openwork plate, it is clear that the surface has not been filed down or 'finished' and some casting flaws are visible. There are three circular-section lugs each positioned at the widest part of the trumpet motif. The terminal of all the lugs have been flattened by hammering. The strap fitting measures 36mm in length, a maximum of 24mm in width and a maximum of 5mm in thickness. The lugs measures 5mm in length and are 4mm in diameter. The end plate measures 7mm in diameter. It weighs 14g.The presence of attachment lugs on this mount suggests that it was the final decorative element on a belt to which the buckle frame would originally have been attached. For a potential parallel see the VTERE FELIX belt plates from the Lyon soldier burial which has a tpq of AD 194, where a copper-alloy belt mount representing the letter 'X' is attached to the buckle frame (Bishop and Coulston 2009, 163, fig. 101).The trumpet or 'trompetenmuster' motif is a common decorative feature of Roman metalwork dating to the second and third century AD. See Von Jenny, W.A. (1935) Keltische Metallarbeiten aus Heidnischer und Christlicher Zeit for a discussion of the motif.
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