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BUCKLE
Unique ID: GLO-871BC8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper-alloy Roman buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA, length 28mm, width 28mm, thickness 6mm, weight 4.5g. Two dolphins facing/confronting each other with their mouths open with an oval object held in their jaws. Ring and dot decoration for the eyes and a high pronounced crest runs down the back of both animals. The tails of both beasts curve in towards the centre of each animal and are joined by a short bar. protruding from the rear of the buckle are two loops that would hold the axis bar for the buckle plate and pin. Buckles such as these have been found during archaeological excavation and have been dated to from the late 4th to early 5th century. According to Hawkes and Dunning this is a buckle type IIa (1961, 50-55, fig 17) and are thought to be military in origin. 350-425AD
Class:
zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 425
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Tuesday 31st May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4638
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Backwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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