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Description: | A cast copper alloy, gilded buckle. The buckle is Roman in date and very elaborate. A search through the normal literature could not provide a parallel. The buckle frame is broken, it would have been D-shaped, but now only half of it survives. The frame is flat on the reverse, with an internal raised lip on the upper surface. This lip and the outer edge of the frame are decorated with a series of incised dots. The straight edge of the D-shaped buckle forms the strap bar. This appears to have been threaded through two pierced lugs, which form the beginning of the buckle plate. These lugs are also gilded. They have been cast integrally to a rectangular buckle plate, one edge of the plate survives, it has a chamfered edge. The upper surface is also decorated with a series of incised dots. On the reverse of this and behind the lugs, two short extensions can also be seen. The rest of the buckle plate has broken off and its appearance is unclear. Attached to the strap bar, via a small hook is the buckle pin. It has a rectangular cross bar, which sits parallel to the plate. The pin then extends out, before tapering to a blunt point. The gilding survives over much of the surface, but the metal below is very pitted and it is a mid greyish-green colour.
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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