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Description: | An incomplete button and loop fastener of Late Iron Age or Roman date c. 50 BC - c. AD 250). Length: 21.1mm; width: 14.0mm and 3.3mm thick. Weight: 2.92g.The button element of the fastener is missing due to an old abraded break. The surviving part, the loop, is triangular (Isosceles) in outline plan and has a triangular (equilateral) opening.The object is corroded overall and has traces of a mid green patina.This fastener can be classified as a Wild type III -VII. However, as the button part is missing it is not possible to define the type more precisely.These fasteners are believed to have been used to hold together two pieces of fabric, or leather. The loop/shank was sown to the fabric base and the head was probably inserted through a slit or loop in another section of fabric. The number of button and loop fasteners found on military sites implies that they were items of military equipment (Wild 1970, 145-146).
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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