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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman amphora type strap-end. This incomplete strap-end weighs 2.78g, has an incomplete length of 30.8mm, maximum width of 11.2mm and has a thickness of 2.1mm. Both the attachment end and distal terminal have worn breaks. The attachment end has a transverse break across what appears to have been an upper attachment loop. This central upper attachment loop seems to have has a width of at least 6.3mm with an apperture diameter of c.2.2mm. Below this loop the strap-end narrows to form a neck of 3.6mm before flaring out again to form the shoulders of the vessel shape that has a maximum width of 11.2mm. The neck is flanked by a pair of side attachment loops, one on each side, which give the appearance of amphora handles. One of these side loops is broken but the surviving complete loop has an internal circular apperture of 2.0mm. These side loops seem to expand the width at this point to the same or just short of the same width as the maximum width of the strap-end at the shoulders below. From the maximum width at the shoulders the strap-end tapers down to a width of 5.4mm before widening to form a central distal loop, now broken with a diagonal break across the loop. This loop has an external diameter of 6.7mm and would of had an internal circular apperture of c.2.6mm diameter.Both surfaces have been decorated with punch stamped dots. No rings surrounding the dots are visible however both surfaces have been affected by corrosion to differing degrees with some patches of corrosion of obsuring the decorative design. There seems to have been a central lateral line of at least three dots along the vessel body with a single dot within the shoulder corners. It is uncertain whether any dots were present on the neck.These amphora-shaped strap-ends are believed to be of fourth to fifth century AD and have been worn as part of the late roman military uniforms (see BH-11C412).See BH-11C412, SUR-D32237, SF-AD2BF0, LIN-5A3A95, KENT-9C92B1, LIN-297181, BUC-AD4E42, WILT-456043, BH-9BA521 which are just a few of the PAS records for this type of artefact that can be found searching for 'strap-end', 'Roman' and 'amphora'.
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