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Description: | A cast copper alloy probable Roman decorative fitting. The plate is rectangular in plan, but has abraded and incomplete corners. The edges are rounded. The upper surface is decorated with two central rows of triangular cells, each filled with an off-white enamel and bordered by a fine linear grooved border. Between the cells there is a fine intermittent incised zigzag design. This design also forms a border to the edges of the plate. The reverse of the plate has two incomplete knops, which are broken surface and may have originally formed a loop. The object has a well developed dark green/grey coloured patina. It measures 24.72mm long, 18.33mm wide and 5.87mm thick, weighing 4.4g.The object is similar in size and decoration to Roman buckle plates, which this may be an example. A similar example is illustrated in Chapman (Chapman, E. 2005 A Catalogue of Roman Military Equipment in the National Museum of Wales B.A.R. 388) No. Sd07, which is described as a buckle plate dating to the early second century. If the object is not a buckle plate, is is highly probable it is a type of strap fitting of this date as Chapman comments (2005: 111) that enamelled belt plates were popular in the 2nd to 3rd centuries.
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