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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy strap fitting or strap end. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate that has a flat back and a D-shaped section with faceted edges. At the terminal end of the plate is a small circular copper alloy rivet that pierces both upper and lower surfaces. The plate tapers towards the remains of two arms that terminate in old breaks. These arms are oval shaped in section and would have originally formed one side of a circular openwork frame at the centre of the fitting. The entire object measures 24.32mm in length, 10.71mm in width, 2.55mm in thickness, and weighs 1.68g. This is one half of a Roman strap or belt fitting of 2nd to 3rd century AD date. Close parallels are noted from South Shields (Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984: nos. 3.593-594) and in Oldenstein (1976: nos. 339-340).
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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