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Description: | A cast copper alloy sub-variant of the late Roman 'Tortworth' type strapend.
Nick Griffiths and Mark Corney are currently researching late Roman belt fittings as part of a forthcoming reappraisal of such items. Mark Corney stated that these strapends are comparatively rare in Sussex, mainly concentrated around Chichester. So it is therefore important that this example was found in Willingdon & Jevington (East Sussex).
The strapend has been formed from a plate of copper alloy. The plate comprises a triangular split end, with a rivet surviving in situ in the central of the open end. A line of incised rings decorated the straight terminal of the fitting. Attached (and cast integrally to this element) is a leaf-shaped section. Between the two elements there are two projecting extensions on either side of the object. The main body of the object is the leaf-shaped section. It has been decorated with a run of incised rings around the edge of the plate. Inside this a second run of rings can be seen, these rings are larger than the ones on the edge. In the centre of the plate four incised rings have been arranged in a diamond shape. The tip of the strapend has broken off. The break is worn.
The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a dark jade-green colour, with a smooth, even patina. | 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: | 200
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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