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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy amphora-shaped strap end of Late Roman date. It is missing part of the attachment end due to old breaks, now worn.It is flat with a split attachment end. At the base of the attachment end are the remains a pair of openwork handles. Beneath these the main body of the 'amphora' is lozenge-shaped as it flares outwards and downwards with pointed shoulders before tapering to an expanded transverse collar. Projecting from the collar is a sub-circular knop with a central longitudinal groove, with a diagonal groove either side.The front face is decorated with five ring and dot motifs, one between the handles with the remaining four arranged symmetrically beneath. Between two of the ring and dot motifs is a central longitudinal line of eight punched or stamped crosses that are flush with the strap end surface. There are also the remains of a diagonal groove between two of the upper ring and dot motifs, perhaps used as a guideline. The back face is decorated with four ring and dot motifs.This strap end measures 46.09mm in length, 26.85mm in width, 1.96mm in thickness, 11.08g in weight.This is a Roman strap end associated with Roman military Dominate belt-furniture of the 4th century AD (see Bishop and Coulston, 1993: 175, fig. 126 nos. 7, 9, 12). There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (NMS-82AE05), (NARC-CAA3A3), (SF-123771), (NMS-10F240).
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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