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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap fitting or loop of Roman date. It is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section, with flat back and moulded front face. The front face has a prominent central projection decorated with two transverse grooves either side of a projecting rib. At each end the front face has flaring terminals with flattened ends and single transverse grooves. Between each end and the central projection the front face is deeply constricted. Extending from the the back of the front face is an integrally cast rectangular loop, now slightly flattened due to post-depositional damage. The entire object measures 19.95mm in length, 7.99mm in width, 11.16mm in thickness (including loop, 6.19mm at front face), and 3.81g in weight. This is a copper-alloy strap fitting or loop. It finds parallels in a near identical example published from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 231) that is interpreted as a horse harness mount. The current example is likely to be of similar, Roman, date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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