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Description: | A copper alloy strap fitting of late Iron Age to early Roman date (100 BC - AD 200). The fitting is formed of a plate, broadly rectangular in plan with uneven edges, and a copper alloy 'D' -shaped loop on the reverse. The front of the plate has incised panels created a pattern that lies in line with the border. The design is symmetrical and is formed of two central pelta-shaped panels, connected by a thin central and lateral bar and from which an ovoid panel projects at both the upper and lower ends. The panels have two ciruclar depressions in each, forming a total of eight circles. One of the circles is filled with a possible glass inlay, whilst four are filled with the remains of a yellow sediment, possibly an enamel. The yellow sediment is now in a fragmentary condition and appears to be laminating. The base of the circles with no inlay have a deeper incised circular pit in the centre. The incised panels are empty but could have also have been filled with enamel or glass inlay.It measures 40.6mm in length, 35.3mm in width, 3.2mm in thickness at the plate and 10.6mm including the loop. It weighs 32.21g.
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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