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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Roman amphora-shaped strap end that is missing most of the attachment and terminal ends due to old breaks. The plate is flat, lozenge shaped with rounded sides, and tapers towards both ends. At the attachment end the plate constricts before flaring again to two incomplete 'handles' with incomplete circular or oval shaped perforations. The back face of the object is flat and undecorated, however the front face carries incised decorative elements. These comprise four large and relatively uneven ring and dot motifs that are positioned in a lozenge formation that respects the shape of the plate, all four interlacing with their neighbouring motifs towards the centre of the plate. The surviving elements of the strap end are heavily worn and with some signs of corrosion, the object measuring 25.30mm in length, 19.78mm in width, 1.44mm in thickness, and 2.92g in weight.This type of Roman strap end is associated with Roman military Dominate belt-furniture of the 4th century AD (see Bishop and Coulston, 1993: 175, fig. 126, nos. 7, 12). Several similar examples are recorded on the PAS database, notably from Suffolk (see for example SF-D88223, SF-2A8A84, or SF-45FCC4) and Lincolnshire (NLM-15B817 and HESH-EDB107). The current example dates to c.300-410 AD.
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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