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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman strap fitting, probably a fragment from a hinged buckle. Approximately one quarter of the D-shaped buckle frame survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The frame has an incomplete rectangular inner edge that is square in section, projects to the side of the frame, and has a moulded groove on the front face. It terminates in old breaks at its centre where there is an incomplete rectangular notch/constriction that originally formed a small bar for the missing pin to hinge. Projecting from the centre of the surviving inner edge is a rectangular knop that has a circular transverse aperture through which would have passed a bar to enable the frame to hinge. The surviving side of the frame is curved, oval shaped in section and has one incomplete internal volute. On the front face as the frame curves towards the outer edge is a recessed moulded border, the complete form of the decoration uncertain due to old breaks. It measures 21.13mm in surviving width, 22.94mm in length, 5.30mm in thickness, and weighs 4.69g.This is an incomplete Roman buckle frame, probably from a hinged Roman military buckle. Similar examples are published by Bishop and Coulston (1993: fig. 59 nos. 15, 19) as well as from excavation at Colchester (Hawkes and Hull, 1947: pl. CII nos. 18-23). These indicate usage as a simply decorated D-shaped buckle frame with symmetrical inner edge that held an axis bar enabling the frame to hinge. The parallels suggest a 1st century AD date for the current example.
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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