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Description: | A copper alloy fitting of Roman date. The object is cuboid and almost square in section. One face is decorated with triangular and lozenge shaped recesses leaving two Xs in relief forming a lozenge pattern. There is also a shallow groove across each end of this face. The opposite face is plain. The remaining two rectangular faces are pierced by an oval hole through the centre of the object. They are not decorated and nor are the ends. The object is 18.1mm long, 7.2mm wide and 6.2mm thick. It has a deep green, almost black, glossy patina with some lighter corrosion products in the recesses. This may be the remains of enamel in the cells. The object is worn; it has rounded corners. The patina and decoration suggest a Roman date, though the precise function of the object remains unknown.
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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