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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy harness/strap union or junction of Iron Age date. It is missing one strap bar due to old breaks. The object has a central plate formed from two circular discs that have flat back faces and dome-shaped front faces. At the point where the two discs join there is a central circular recess that contains a moulded dome-shaped circle giving the front face of the plate the appearance of having two crescents either side of a raised pellet or roundel. To each side of the plate are the remains of strap bars, opne of which is mostly missing due to old breaks. The complete example has flat semi-circular lugs that extend from the centre of each disc of the plate and are set at an angle of 90 degrees to the plane of the plate. Between these two lugs there is an integrally cast cylindrical bar that runs parallel to the plate itself. Only one lug of the opposing strap bar survives intact. The object has a green patina with some areas of pale green corrosion in places. It measures 34.03mm in length, 33.12mm in surviving width, 9.59mm in thickness, and weighs 26.55g.This is an incomplete Iron Age strap union or junction similar, but not identical to, other examples recorded through the PAS (see for example ESS-726123 or KENT-FFBCB0). It is of 1st century BC/AD date, c.100 BC to 100 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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