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Description: | A copper alloy probable Roman strap fitting. It is approximately rectangular with an expanded disc at its centre. The disc is worn, but decorated, with traces of an inner and outer circle joined by eight radial lines, with a dot at the centre. There are traces of white metal coating over the upper surface, and the underside is plain. The bars extending on either side are defined by transverse moulding adjacent to the circle, and are then completed in mirror image of each other, with further moulding. One terminal is complete, and forms a triangular projection with a straight edge, pierced to take a rivet. It is split and completed on the underside with a matching rivet hole. The opposite end is incomplete due to old breaks, but is also split to form a strap-end terminal. It is rounded rather than straight at its tip. The underside is broken off at the rivet hole. The object measures 45.77mm in length, 4.07mm in width and 14.59mm in diameter across the central disc. It weighs 2.59g.
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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