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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age or early Roman probable strap fitting. It is rectangular in form and slightly curved towards the rear in profile. The outer face has a deep, curved groove along each side and a rectangle divided by grooves into four triangles in the centre. The outer two of these triangles are recessed and show traces of enamelling. There is a rectangular hole across the outer end and at the other end part of what appears to be an incomplete, damaged, integral disk projects at a right angle. This appears to have a small hole through it towards the end, but this is obscured by heavy corrosion product.The object's form, construction and decoration suggest a late Iron Age or Roman date. It bears some similarities to the button and loop fasteners of this period, but its construction makes such a function unlikely. As such it seems more probable that it is a strap fitting of some kind, although a precise parallel has not yet been found. Length: 33.34mm, width: 19.69mm, thickness: 12.57mm, weight: 13.37g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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