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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap union, possibly a harness fitting. The object has a rectangular frame with two circular-sectioned side bars. The reverse is flat. The upper and lower edges of the frame project beyond the side bars and are in the shape of three adjacent semi-circles with the curved side uppermost(the central one being larger than those either side). The central bar of the strap union is wider than the side bars and narrows between the the semi-circular edge mouldings and a thicker semi-circular band around the centre of the bar. This is decorated with three (or possibly more, details not certain as the object was recorded from the photograph) raised circular bosses containing a six pellets arranged in a circle around a central pellet. There is a ridge around the top and bottom edges of this central band. The upper edge of the semi-circular mouldings at the top and bottom of the centre bar are decorated with a row of sub-rectangular pellets. Incised lines indicate the division between the central and side bars on the reverse and sides. This does not closely resemble the Type I strap union of Taylor and Brailsford (1985, 247) as the flat circular central discs or figure-of-eight shape common to this type have been replaced by the central bar. However it may be of similar Late Iron Age to Early Roman date.
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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