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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: KENT456
Object type certainty: Probably
Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman military strap fitting, of 1st to 3rd century date. The incomplete fitting is comprised of a T-shaped horizontal bar above a crescent shaped loop. There is a worn break across the base of the bar. The bar has two transverse grooves across its width. The reverse of this bar has traces of rivets. There is a short rectangular zone connecting the bar to the loop, which has some feint transverse grooves. The loop has an expanded lower edge where it joins to the bar, and tapers in thickness towards the apex where the two arms of the loop join either side of a moulded terminal, reminiscent of an acorn motif. The strap fitting is approximately 50mm long and 30mm wide. It has an even green patina.
Notes:
This record was originally created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database, and as such it may fall below our usual standards of recording. The description has been improved based upon the attached photograph and further details provided on the paper record. However not all details are known.
Ralph Jackson (British Museum) identified this artefact as a Roman military fittings, 1st. - 3rd. c. AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Length: 50 mm
Width: 30 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Method of discovery: Metal detector
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General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th April 1998
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Richard Hobbs
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Created:
Thursday 3rd September 1998
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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