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Description: | A complete copper-alloy strap fitting most likely to be Roman in date. This strap fitting consists of a worn flat rectangular plate with a rectangular strap loop projecting from its back face.
The rectangular plate measures 35mm in length and 14mm in width it is worn and its edges now rounded. The front face of the plate is decorated with two parallel longitudinal rows of lozenge shaped recessed cells. Each cell is filled alternately with red or white enamel.
On the reverse face the integral rectangular strap loop measures 29mm in length and is 5mm in width it is 7mm above the back face of the decorative rectangular plate. This loop have had a leather strap or belt passed through it originally, allowing the strap fitting to function as a decorative mount. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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