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Description: | A copper-alloy strap junction of Late Iron Age date, probably for personal use but possibly from a piece of horse equipment. The date for the object may very possibly extend into the early Roman period. The object consists of two central circles, joined as a figure-of-eight. Both circles are perforated with central holes, each approximately 8 mm in diameter. On either side of each circle there is a knop and the two knops on each side are joined by a strap bar. The knops appear not to have been cast in one with the central design but to have been soldered on, but this is somewhat uncertain. The front of each knop has a small circular cell which may have originally contained enamel, though none remains. The front of the circles in the centre are also decorated with cast decoration, running around each of the perforations. This is hard to make out because of the wear, but appears to consist of eight circles linked by a band formed by two horizontal lines, with vertical lines emerging from above and below the band. The reverse of the object is undecorated. It measures 34.5 mm high, 32.85 mm long, 4.7 mm thick and weighs 15.5 grams.
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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