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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap slide, dating to between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. The front face of the slide consists of an oval plate with pointed ends. The points have shallow arrises and there is a large dominant design in the centre. The design features a large circular dome, inside a circular groove. The dome has a flat top which has been chip-carved. The design in the centre features a cross, which is raised. The fields around the arms of the cross would once have been enamelled but this has now been lost. The reverse of this plate is concave and has a rim. Projecting out from behind the tips are the remains of the rectangular loop of the strap slide. Only the stumps of copper alloy survives. The metal is a dark brownish-green mottled colour and is pitted. This strap slide is similar to others that have been found in Yorkshire and the North-east. It survives in a very good condition.
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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