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MOUNT
Unique ID: SUSS-2500E7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy bar mount associated with a belt or some form of strap, probably dating to the Roman period (c. 43-410AD). The mount is rectangular in plan, with thin bevelled edges and a flat cross-section; the reverse of the mount has two protruding, integrally cast circular-headed mount rivets with sub-circular sectioned shafts and flat-topped heads. The outer surface of the mount is decorated with three raised vertical ribs, the two outer ribs being thicker and following the perimeter of the mount and the central rib thinner and possibly composed of a series of consecutive small dots. It measures 31.5 mm long, 7.7 mm wide, 7.1 mm thick (with rivet) and weighs 2.28 grams. Two nearly identical mount was found in the direct vicinity and has been recorded as: SUSS-430881 and SUSS-433583.
It is possible that these types of mounts were used predominantly in a 'military' context and many similar types have been published in Chapman 2005, A Catalogue of Roman Military Equipment in the National Museum of Wales. For further comments on a related mount, cf. PAS database record SF2860.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.5 mm
Width: 7.7 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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