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Description: | Fragment of an unidentified object made from copper alloy. The object is flat, and one end appears to be an openwork plate, broken across a pair of perforations; these may once have been back-to-back C-shapes or kidney shapes. The edge of the object follows the shape of these perforations, so is curved. At the other end are two projections perforated to take a hinge bar; the perforations are now blocked with corrosion which appears to be of copper alloy. A slight groove runs across the object between the projections and the openwork plate; this appears only on one face. All the breaks are old and the object is corroded but now stable. Perhaps part of a hinged Roman military fitting or strap-end.Surviving length, 18 mm; maximum width, 18 mm; maximum thickness at projections, 5 mm; minimum thickness at break, 2 mm; weight 3.02g.
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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