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Description: | Roman strap end; cast copper alloy heart-shaped strap end of probable 4th century date. The form of this strap end is a variant of the amphora strap ends and, as such, has an openwork, double-lobed 'handle' to either side near the attachment end. There is a neck between the handles, which expands below them to a broad, rounded plate with two lobes at the terminal end, giving an overall heart shape to the strap end. The attachment end is split into two small, roughly rectangular plates which were held onto the strap with a single, circular rivet in the centre. The rivet is still present. There is no extant decoration on either face of the strap end.Length 42.3mm, width 24.1mm, thickness 4.3mm, weight 6.96gOther similar strap ends have been recorded on the database, such as those at HAMP-BFDFD4 and SF-52BDE1. Excavated examples have been found at Lankhills Cemetery site, WinchesterRefs: Clark 'The Roman Cemetery at Lankhills' (pp. 280 - 283, fig. 36, nos. 534 & 75)Appels & Laycock 'Roman Buckles and Military Fittings' (pp. 248)
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