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Description: | A cast copper alloy belt mount. The mount has a solid oval dome set in the centre of a flax hexagonal plate. The dome is divided into two by a line down the centre. The hexagonal plate is remaniscant of a late Iron Age shield. There are two integral flat headed shanks on the reverse. The reverse is covered with a solid white substance, perhaps mortar or lead solder.This mount is similar to the range of 'vulvate' mounts known from many military sites. Some mounts of this type have been found with an integral suspension loop for hanging a pendant at the base. An example of such a find comes from Niederbieber, now in the Landesmuseum, Bonn, and dated from the mid 2nd century to circa AD 260 (Oldenstein 1976, 137, 138, Taf. 34, no. 268); another is now in the archaeological collections at Vienne (Isere) (Boucher 1971, 211, no, 868 with pl.). British examples include a piece from Saham Toney, Norfolk (Brown 1986, 44, fig. 28, no. 199), and two others without suspension loop similar to this find from Brough-on-Humber (Wacher 1969, 89, fig. 38, no.19) and an unpublished piece from York Minster 1971. Another close parallel was found in an unstratified context during excavations at the civil settlement at Caerleon (Evans 2000, p375, fig. 91, no.149. This style of belt fitting are often classed as military belt fittings.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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