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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman buckle of Hawkes and Dunning (1961) Type IIB. It is missing most of the buckle frame, the pin and inner end of the integral plate due to old breaks. The surviving frame is flat and oval shaped in section, with a constriction at the centre of the inner edge where the pin would have hinged. It is decorated on its front face with irregular short strokes at the plate end, perhaps also with similar incised strokes on the shoulders of the frame. The integrally cast plate is sub-rectangular in form with curved sides, terminating in old breaks towards the inner edge. It has a central rectangular aperture where the frame constricts to allow the pin to hinge. Further towards the inner edge are two large circular perforations with smaller circular rivet holes at the curved edges. Between each large perforation and rivet hole and small perforation, on the frame side of the perforations, is an incised ring and dot motif, with a further ring and dot motif between the two larger perforations but this time towards the inner edge. Where the plate terminates are the remains of two large rectangular perforations that are mostly incomplete due to old breaks. The back face is flat and undecorated. The entire object has a brown patina and measures 25.36mm in height, 20.13mm in width, 2.15mm in thickness, and weighs 3.56g.This buckle is of Late Roman type, the integrally cast plate and decorative elements indicating it belongs to Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIB buckles (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961: fig. 19 a-b). These are typically related to Roman military activity and date to the 4th century AD.
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