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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy oval military belt or strap fitting/mount of Roman date. The outer edge is incomplete due to old breaks and wear.The front face has a flat outer edge and in the centre is an oval boss which is 14.06mm in length, 10.35mm in width, with a central longitudinal groove. On the back face the boss is concave and there are two integral oval rivets at either end.This strap fitting measures 28.02mm in length, 16.58mm in width, 1.74mm in thickness, 5.24mm in height, 5.11g in weight.A parallel for this relatively common form of cavalry harness mount was found in excavations at South Shields Roman fort (Allason-Jones and Miket 1984: 237, no. 3.870), where it was dated to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. There are similar examples from Suffolk recorded on the PAS database (SF-709FD6), (SF-9A7CB2), (SF-CBE4A4), (SF-C8E6F2), (SF-FCEC22), (SF-B37B36).
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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