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Description: | A copper-alloy strap union possibly of late Iron Age or Roman date. This object consists of three circular rings arranged in a traingular shape. It measures 45.5mm in width and c42mm in height in entirety. Each ring measures c23mm in external diameter and c15mm in internal diameter. The rings have lozenge shaped cross-sections. There is wear on the outer edges of each ring consistent with it being used as a strap union. Where the three rings join there are rectangular mouldings and there is an open triangular hole in the middle of the union. Although no late Iron Age or Roman exact parallel could be found for this strap union its form is similar to a three way strap union from Fring, Norfolk which is more elaborate than this example as it has a central hexagon bearing what appears to be a human face in relief. Another less complete example with a central human face, see SF-4428F7, is known from Campsey Ash, Suffolk and a further example with a circular disc rather than a human face in its centre is also known from Camerton, Somerset. Both examples are likely to be 1st century AD in date (Hutcheson, 2004, 108, 127, no 38).
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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