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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman zoomorphic buckle dating to the 4th-5th century AD. The buckle is complete apart from the bar which would have been situated between the mouths of the two terminal beasts; these breaks are well worn. The buckle is oval in shape. The loop terminates with the heads of two beasts, although the object is now so worn that no features can be distinguished apart from the ears, indicated by incised lines. The inner edge of the loop extends into a central pointed lobe. Three small copper alloy projections are situated on the reverse of the buckle: one on each terminal and one at the centre. They probably formed a method of attachment to a belt, but are now worn and rounded. The object surface is worn with a mid yellowish green patina. An exact parallel could not be found, however two similar buckles are illustrated in Bushe-Fox, J, P, 1949, 'Fourth Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent', pages 122-3; Plate XXXII, ref nos 67-9.
Several similar buckles have been recorded on the PAS database; see WMID-AA06A7, LIN-065D25 and SF-76D876.
An example found at Langtoft, Humberside (NLM-1278F5) is also illustrated in the Portable Antiquities Scheme Annual Report 2004/05, page 49, ref no 73. It is stated in the Annual Report that ?these buckles?..have important implications with regard to our understanding of the end of Roman Britain?..it is only by looking at where the belt fittings are being found in Britain that we can begin to understand their significance. In the past much has been made of the mlitary nature of these finds but the finds recorded by the PAS suggest that they are concentrated in the civilian areas of Britain and are rare in the military zone.? | 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
450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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