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Description: | A fragment from a late Roman cast copper-alloy openwork buckle plate. The fragment appears to be the corner of the plate at the frame end. The frame end is defined by a transverse ridge at the on the upper surface, towards one end of which is an integral loop. The loop is 6.05mm thick and perforated to take the axis bar around which the frame would have hinged. It is defined at its lower edge adjacent to the ridge by a transversely incised line; there is a further longitudinally incised line at the internal edge on the upper surface. The plate beyond the ridge has a flat lower surface and moulded upper. It thins from the frame end towards the attachment end. The side curves outwards, is then double cusped, before curving inwards. The internal side of the edge curves inwards, echoing the outward curve of the outer side. This continues in an internal curved hook at a level with the cusping. Beyond the edge follows the outer to provide a strip of uniform width which is broken soon after due to old damage. The frame end has also suffered an old break before any further loops. The plate is perforated at the corner to take a rivet that is now missing. The cusping is defined by grooves on the upper surface that travel diagonally between the cusps and the internal hook.The fragment has an even mid-green patina. It is difficult to parallel as it is fragmentary and also unusual for not having straight sides. The artefact is tentatively classified as a Hawkes and Dunning (1961, 21ff.) Type IIa buckle, with separate frame.
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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