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Description: | A copper-alloy buckle frame of possible Late Roman date. It has a D-shaped loop that is triangular in cross-section, with slight triangular projections on each side where the frame curves to an integral plate. These projections are perhaps intended to be stylised zoomorphic motifs, although this is uncertain. The integral plate is reatcngular in form with a central sub-rectangular pin hole, and single circular rivet holes at each corner of the attachment end. On the front face of the plate is decoration comprising two parallel grooves running the length of the attachment end, from which multiple transverse grooves run to the frame end of the plate. Along each side of the plate are multiple triangular notches. The buckle is missing its pin due to old breaks and has a dark green patina. It measures 27.77mm in width, 24.40mm in length, 2.10mm in thickness, and 4.11g in weight.The precise date range of this buckle is uncertain. Parallels are noted through the PAS from Norfolk (NMS-C0D606) and Suffolk (SF-21A542), which might indicate it belongs in Hawkes and Dunning's (1961: Fig. 20 h) Type IIIB late Roman military buckles group, although perhaps more stylised and undecorated than the published examples. Potentially this indicates a c.5th century AD date for the current example, if not slightly earlier or later.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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