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Description: | Roman military cast copper alloy strap fitting. Hollow-backed hemicylindrical central section surrounded by a stepped flange curved on the short axis with mutiple grooves forming alternate small scallops and ribs around the edge. There is a sub-rectangular sectioned bar running lengthways on the underside.The upper face is engraved with a cruciform design with transverse bars at either end of the long axis and triangular points at either end of the short axis, with four additonal arms, one radiating from each internal angle. The design has been keyed for enamel or niellow inlay, now missing.For a similar example see Worrell and Pearce (2012, 374, fig.18, also recorded as PAS: SUR-BDB067).Length: 42mm, width: 30mm, height (excluding bar): 18mm. Height (including bar) 21mm. Bar to hold a strap with a maximum width of 19mm.The design may be intended to resemble a Roman shield.Reference: 'R1'.
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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