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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap fitting or belt mount dating to the late second or early third century AD. The fitting comprises an openwork design of three trumpet motifs, two of which extends from the trumpet-shaped terminal of the third. The trumpet motifs are hemispherical in section. The underside of the openwork plate is roughly cast and has not been filed smooth. There extend from the underside of the plate, two circular-section lugs, the ends of which appear to have been hammered flat. One lug is positioned in the area where the two trumpet motifs extend from the third; the other, from the middle trumpet motif's terminal, The strap fitting measures 39mm in length, a maximum of 29mm in width and a maximum of 5mm in thickness. The lugs measures 4mm in length and are 2mm in diameter. It weighs 9g.The trumpet or 'trompetenmuster' motif is a common decorative feature of Roman metalwork dating to the second and third century AD. See Von Jenny, W.A. (1935) Keltische Metallarbeiten aus Heidnischer und Christlicher Zeit for a discussion of the motif.
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