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Description: | A probable copper-alloy disc-attachment of late Roman to early Early-medieval date. This category of artefact was identified by Hawkes and Dunning (1961; pp. 65) as an example of the so-called 'Soldiers and settlers' material of the late 4th to 5th century AD. It is thought that the function of such objects was to link two or more leather belts or straps.
The object has a circular disc with a small projection at the top and an integral tang at the bottom. The bottom of the disc tapers smoothly into the tang, the end of which is bent forwards so that the bulbous end (possibly the result of adhering corrosion) almost touches the back of the disc. At the centre of the disc is the remnant of a small copper-alloy rivet.
The piece is badly corroded. It measures 27.5mm long by 12.6mm wide and 7.8mm thick; it weighs 3.04g. | 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: | 360
500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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