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Description: | Fragment of cast copper-alloy Roman 'propeller-shaped' mount or belt stiffener.The fragment represents one of the flat triangular ends of the mount. One point of the triangle shows the straight break where it has become detached from the rest of the object; the break is worn, suggesting it occurred in antiquity. The front is decorated with a central raised longitudinal rib. A ring-and-dot motif is punched into each of the complete corners. There are two rivet holes, one to either side of the rib, complete with their copper-alloy rivets. The reverse of the fragment is undecorated. The object now has an even dark brown patina. It is 13.82mm long, 18.5mm wide, 2.22mm thick and weighs 2.03g.
Propeller-shaped mounts are often associated with late Roman belt buckles and may have been worn as a badge of office by the military and others in positions of authority. The object recorded here was found close to two late Roman buckles, ESSE52552 and ESSE4AE13. | 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
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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