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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy Roman buckle plate of Hawkes and Dunnings Type II B dating to the period c. AD 350 - 425. The plate has become separated from the buckle.The buckle plate consists only of the upper plate. The upper plate measures 23.12mm in length, 13.70mm in width, is 0.88mm thick and weighs 5.47g. The plate is rectangular in shape. The central decoration is a recurring punched pattern of two concentric circles between which are closely packed transverse lines, within each of the larger concentric circles are three annulets. The concentric circles are linked to the next concentric circle by two triangles filled with closely packed transverse lines. At the point where the two triangles meet there are as pair of annulets on either side of the points. The longer sides of the plate are decorated with small, closely packed transverse lines. There is a circular rivet hole st one end of the plate.Buckles such as these have been found during archaeological excavation and have been dated to from the late 4th to early 5th century. According to Hawkes and Dunning this is a buckle type IIB (1961, 50-55, fig 17) and are thought to be military in origin.
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