2011-11-01 12:36:37 Charlotte Burrill cburrill2 2011-11-01 12:43:00 Charlotte Burrill cburrill2 DENO-FE7D47 STRAP FITTING A complete cast copper alloy strap fitting of Late Iron Age to Roman date. The strap fitting is an item sometimes referred to as a strap slide or belt slide. The fitting consists of two hollow cast co-joined hemispherical domes. There is a rectangular attachment loop on the reverse. The loop is joined to the mount at two points, each in the centre of the underside of one of the hollow domes. Where the loop joins the dome it is circular in section, the crossbar which then attaches these two arms together, to form the loop, is sub-square in section. A casting sprue can be seen joining one of the circular-sectioned parts of the loop to the inside of the dome. It is notable that the attachment loop is slightly skewed out of shape and leans towards the side where the casting sprue is present. Due to the lack of a good published parallel from a datable context this example has been dated broadly from the late Iron Age through the whole Roman period, c.100 BC to AD 410. A complete cast copper alloy strap fitting of Late Iron Age to Roman date. The strap fitting is an item sometimes referred to as a strap slide or belt slide. The fitting consists of two hollow cast co-joined hemispherical domes. There is a rectangular attachment loop on the reverse. The loop ... Copper alloy Cast IRON AGE IRON AGE Late ROMAN -100 410 20.23 21.9 36.95 1.7 Good Complete 2011-11-01 12:36:37 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ASHFIELD POINT( ) SK54NW SK5149 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 DENO Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2011 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.