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Description: | Possibly incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy strap fitting. It comprises a quatrefoil plate with an integral loop (length 12mm, width 9mm) projecting from the slightly domed centre and with four radiating grooves defining the foils. On the reverse is a short integrally-cast flat-sectioned spike. This spike is too small to provide a secure fixing to any possible strap. However, it is possible that the object is misscast and incomplete. Length 31mm. Width 31mm. A broadly similar fitting has been found in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire (BH-1D7F20), although it lacks the projecting loop on the face and has a rectangular loop for attachment on the reverse. This find is paralleled by a fitting found in excavations at Wanborough, Wiltshire, in a deposit dating from AD c. 325-400+ (see Anderson et al., 2001, p. 104, no. 161).
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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