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Roman zoomorphic buckle (incomplete)
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, Laura Laakso, 2007-11-16 10:43:19
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Roman zoomorphic buckle (incomplete)
Description
English: Half of a late Roman to early Early-medieval copper-alloy buckle; Hawkes and Dunning type IIA (1961; pp. 50-57).

The piece represents the right hand side of a zoomorphic buckle which would probably originally have been symmetrical in form. At the apex is an inward-facing head, probably of a stylised dolphin. An eye is represented by a single ring-and-dot punch mark and there is a crest on top of the head. The front edge of the face marks the point where the break occurred. Just above halfway down the outer edge is a second, larger crest, which maybe a fin or, alternatively, could be seen as a stylised bird. The horizontal bottom side of the frame has a cast longitudinal groove and, below, a damaged loop for the now-missing axis bar. Originally, a central gap would have separated this side of the frame from the left hand side. The reverse of the buckle is flat and plain.

The object measures 28.7mm long, 20.2mm wide and 2.9mm thick. The weight is 4.39g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 375 and 425
Accession number
FindID: 200200
Old ref: BH-C63EA1
Filename: Roman buckle 2543 - 20.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/156716
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/156716
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/200200
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