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Description: | A corroded but complete late Iron Age to early Roman (1st century BC to 1st Century AD), cast copper-alloy strap union of Taylor and Brailsford's (1985, 247) Type 1. It is formed of two conjoined openwork circles arranged one upon the other in a figure of eight, with a projecting narrowed strap bar on the two longest edges. The strap bars are elongated U shapes and join at the mid-point of each openwork circle. One of the bars is recessed and bowes out slightly. The back of the union is flat while the upper surface is moulded. The strap-fitting has a dark-brown patina with small patches of green corrosion product in places.For similar objects on the PAS database cf. SUSS-2461E8, SUSS-40FDE5, SUR-9A34B7 and ESS-77B292. Numerous examples are listed in Taylor and Brailsford (1985, 251; Fig. 2).
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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