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Description: | A corroded fragment probably from a cast copper-alloy late Roman artefact known as a 'nail-cleaner strap-end'; it could have been either or both. Only the section of this artefact remaining is the end blade part, abraded at both the break and the terminal. The lower surface of the strap-end is flat and plain. On the upper surface is a device within a border of punched dots, within which punched annulets. It would appear to depict a peacock's tail with punched crescents at the tail's extremity and incised diagonal lines either side of a longitudinal line representing feathers. This is a typical 'Christian' design (see Eckhardt and Crummy 2006, 87; refs. 1282, 694). The artefact has corroded to dark-green colour with considerable pitting.
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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STRAP END
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late…
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