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Description: | Copper alloy strap fastener. The object is a solid ring with a smaller circular stud projecting from a circular sectioned shank on the upper frame edge. The frame shows evidence of wear on the opposite side to the shank showing where it was rubbing against the strap that attached to it. There is some chipping and bronze corrosion also in this area.
Rings such as these are ideally suited to a function which entailed the simple and rapid fastening of two ends of a leather strap (Jackson, 1990, p38, no's 80-81). Straps with eyed slits are common continental La Tene III types (Cunliffe, 1987), however in England they are often found in early Roman contexts. This item may have military associations. The larger ring is 27mm in diameter and 6mm thick. The smaller head is 13mm in diameter. | 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: | -100
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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