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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman openwork belt mount dating to the period c. AD 150 - 300. It measures 42.18mm in length, 27.79mm in width, is 9.74mm thick and weighs 17.94g.The mount comprises an openwork design of four adjoining trumpet motifs arranged around a central lozengiform motif. The plate is D-shaped in cross-section. The reverse exhibits four rectangular lugs, arranged one at each corner, each of which terminates in an old break.The trumpet or 'trompetenmuster' motif is a common decorative feature of Roman metalwork dating to the second and third century AD. See Von Jenny, W.A. (1935) Keltische Metallarbeiten aus Heidnischer und Christlicher Zeit for a discussion of the motif.
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