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Unique ID: NLM-1278F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy loop from a late Roman to early Medieval belt buckle of Hawkes and Dunnings Type IIA (1961, 54). A pair of confronted dolphins forms the zoomorphic loop. The dolphins have stylised crests, open jaws, circular eyes and collared necks. On each side of the loop has a line of punched dot. The terminals of the dolphins are plain. At the bottom of the dolphins are pierced circular attachments that have a diameter of 5.9mm and traces of iron corrosion. The tongue is missing, The length is 36.7mm, the width is 34.5mm and the thickness is 3.2mm.
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 450
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.7 mm
Width: 34.5 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Diameter: 5.9 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2005
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Other reference: NLM09480
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Hawkes, S.C. and Dunning, G.C. | 1961 | Soldiers and Settlers, fourth to fifth century: with a catalogue of animal-ornamented buckles and related belt-fittings, Medieval Archaeology 5 | London | The Society for Medieval Archaeology | 54 |