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Description: | An incomplete cast in one piece copper alloy strap fitting in the form of a baldric ring of Late Iron Age date (c. 100 BC - c. AD 43). Length: 18.7mm; width: 22.3mm; thickness: 11.1mm; weight: 6.15g.This ring would have been used as part of the composite belt, used to suspend a sword. The main part, the ring, is triangular in cross-section, flat on the rear face. It would have been circular in plan although it is now incomplete due to two breaks. Near the top of the ring (assuming that the stud is at the top) there are two small shoulders (or knops) at the same level, one either side. Between the shoulders a flat projection with concave sides and a rounded end form a platform for a press-stud. In side profile the stud is raised at a slight angle from the main body by about 5°. It has a short neck with a width of 2.4mm and a minimum diameter of 4.4mm. As viewed from the side the neck has concave sides. The forward facing stud is dome-shaped and has a diameter of about 7.2mm. Close to the neck the stud has a circumferential decorative groove. Further decorative grooves on the outer face of the stud form a triangle with concave sides.This fitting has a pitted dark green patina. It also has buff coloured copper alloy corrosion deposits, particularly around the neck.A very similar fitting has been recorded from Wickham Bishop Parish, Essex. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: ESS-1D1BC2.Similar strap fittings from Late Iron Age and Roman sites in Suffolk have been discussed by Faye Minter in Lucerna 28, 2004, The Roman Finds Group Newsletter, page 12.
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