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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap fitting length 19.5mm, width 34mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 5g. Trapezoid shape with an undulating forward edge of four angled peaks, there are short carved striations along this edge. Two cinquefoil openwork elements in the centre. There lower edge has been truncated suggesting is a small part of a larger plate possibly from fragment of furniture. An exact parallel in found in the National Museum of Wales collection, this item is described as a strap mount and came from a known military site (Chapman, 2005, 125). Date 43-410. Chapman E M, 2005, A Catalogue of Roman Military Equipment in the National Museum of Wales, BAR report 388, Archaeopress.
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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