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Description: | A copper alloy strap end possibly dating from the Roman period. The body of the strap end is a tapering rectangle in plan, terminating at the closed and narrower end with a broken loop in the same plane as the plate. The open has a copper alloy rivet surviving which would have fixed the strap end to the strap. The object is worn and heavily patinated, but there appears to be moulding at the closed end, on the upper plate. It looks like oval rounded lobes (zoomorphic ears?) at the corners, and a transverse raised collar between then and the rest of the plate. The object has a glossy brown patina mainly obscured by bright green corrosion. Similar strap ends which indiscated the possible Roman date are NCL-B91E10, CAM-223EE2 and NMS-FCE686. A third century date is suggested.
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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