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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle probably dating to the Roman period. The buckle remains consist of a single loop D-shaped buckle frame, an elaborate pin and a portion of an open work belt plate. The buckle frame has a bevelled inner edge and a raised moulded rectangular pin rest with a central groove. The pin has been separately cast and wrapped around a central opening in the buckle plate and onto the buckle frame; it is formed into a three-pronged shape, with the central triangular pin with side-knops being flanked on either side by two curved arms with end-knops. The remaining fragment of belt plate suggests that this had an open worked design similar to later Roman belt plates of miltiary association. In this case, the remains of two circular holes and three protruding arms suggests a repeating pattern down the plate. Further simple incised or zig-zag decoration is visible near the end which has been bent around the buckle frame and directly below, following the outline of the openwork detail. The reverse surface of all components is undecorated. The object has been bent by in situ, presumably old damage as the object has an overall dark green patina. The buckle and plate measures 37.9 mm long overall, 29 mm maximum width, 2.6 mm thick and weighs 15.9 grams. A close parallel has not been found, but similar objects are illustrated in Appels and Laycock 2007, 'Roman Buckles and Military Fittings', Chapter 12, esp. p. 102, Fig. AA12.7.
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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