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BELT SLIDE
Unique ID: DUR-A8A9A0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a cast copper alloy Roman belt slide.
This would originally have been rectangular in plan with a rectangular attachment loop on each end. Around half now remains, one end, with one loop. The front is decorated with intergally cast decoration leaving hollows for enamel. At the end are two circular dots each with a concentric circle inside, with different coloured enamel. Next, in the middle is a triangular hole. The slide is then broken, unevenly and the other half is missing. It is likely that the design would have been symmetrical with possibly a central motif which is now missing.
These belt slides/fittings come in various forms and cannot be more closely dated other than to the Roman period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.08 mm
Width: 27.15 mm
Thickness: 3.82 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Aislaby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8583
Four figure Latitude: 54.235657
Four figure longitude: -0.697397
1:25K map: SE8583
1:10K map: SE88SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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