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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman strap end or buckle plate. It is rectangular, but incomplete, measuring 28.09mm in length and 23.38mm in width. It weighs 7.11g. At one terminal there are four flat rectangular, evenly spaced bars forming an openwork pattern. They terminate in a horizontal bar with a rounded corner. Below this on one face only is a single incised line of decoration, which divides the strap end or buckle plate into two halves. The lower part has a ring and dot motif in the one complete corner, and a circular perforation 4.9mm in diameter close to it. There is another ring and dot adjacent to the circular perforation.
A similar, and complete, strap end has been recorded from Great Barton, Suffolk, SF-043AB3. This had an attachment edge with rivet holes, which are not apparent for the Elmswell example. Further examples can be seen on the PAS database, from Swanton Abbott, Norfolk (NMS-84DE91), Outwell, Norfolk (NMS-80C432), and Mutford, Suffolk.
It may be that this piece comes from a buckle plate rather than a strap end, and examples are known from Richborough, Kent (Hawkes and Dunning 1961, 56-7, fig 19). It is likely to date to the fourth or fifth centuries, and may be a military rather than civilian artefact. | 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: | 300
500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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