NMS-A2F35C: Roman button and loop fastener

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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: NMS-A2F35C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Incomplete Roman button-and-loop fastener of Wild's Class II with openwork oval plate (30mm x 28mm) with transverse rib at pointed outside edge (5mm thick) and on opposed inside edge. There is a slightly oblique shank on reverse of inside edge connecting the integral attachment loop, broken at the start of the bifurcation. It is likely that this toggle would have been used for fastening bags, clothes or straps. c. AD 43-c.150.

Class: Wild's Class II

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th November 2014 - Saturday 19th December 2015

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 60187
Other reference: NMD012015

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shotesham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM2598
Four figure Latitude: 52.53336057
Four figure longitude: 1.31598601
1:25K map: TM2598
1:10K map: TM29NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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