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Description: | The object is a Roman buckle dating to the late 4th to 5th centuries. Hawkes and Dunning (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961, ?Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century? Medieval Archaeology Vol. 5 p. 1ff.) illustrate similar buckles, Figure 18 d and g for example. These buckles are classified as Type IIa.
The buckle is made from cast copper alloy. Two dolphins facing each other form the loop, which is a D-shape in plan. The dolphins have an integral crest and have further definition of features on one face of the buckle. These features consist of a low relief ring and dot as eyes which are divided by ?? shaped grooves. Behind each eye is a double parallel groove. Normally the loop curved round to an integral strap bar of a buckle. In this case the loop curves around and then has a perpendicular ring (which is incomplete) to support the strap bar. Only one ring remains, the other ring is missing with a portion of the loop. The break is not recent. The loop is integral to the frame. The reverse of the frame is undecorated. There are traces of a silver/grey coating on the surface of the buckle, which may be tinning or silvering.
The buckle measures 23.92mm long, 24.96mm wide and 4.49mm thick. It weighs 4.3g. | 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: | 350
525 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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