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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman buckle frame of Hawkes & Dunning type IIA (1961, fig.17-18). A pair of stylised dolphins hold a lozenge in open jaws (dated AD 330-370 onwards). It consists of one arm (and one dolphin), complete with one lug and axel hinge, and the stylised lozenge at the centre of the frame's outside edge. The lozenge is decorated with two vertical grooves. The dolphin has a large ring-and-dot eye and a prominent spine, decorated with diagonal grooves. It is distinct from the body by being thinner and stepped down slightly from the body. The tail curls partly back on itself. It is also decorated with a large ring-and-dot, flanked on one side by two transverse grooves across the tail and on the other by a squared 'end' to the tail, decorated with two deep horizontal grooves, giving the effect of an open mouth with tongue or feathery tail. The frame measures 41.62mm in length and 30.48-48mm in incomplete width. Internal dimensions are harder to calculate but the frame varies in width between 6.5mm nearer the tail and 10mm nearer the head (and outside edge). The pierced lug for the axis bar is 6.24x4.64x2.16 and the diameter of the piercing is 1.62mm.
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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