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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-8144A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The plate is folded copper-alloy and rectangular in shape measuring 16.1mm in length and 15mm in width. This plate has a central rivet through it. It was originally hinged with another plate, the central part of this hinge survives as does a fragment of the other plate within the attachment end of the surviving plate.
This buckle is very similar to examples from Risstissen, Germany and is likely to have been associated with armour of the Augustan to Hadrianic periods, it is therefore 1st century in date (Bishop and Coulston, 1993, 89, fig 52, no 19-20).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: AD 138
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.4 mm
Width: 18.6 mm
Weight: 4.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Worlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop, M.C. and Coulston, J.C.N. | 1993 | Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome (1993) | United Kingdom | B.T. Batsford Ltd | 89, fig 52, no 19-20 |
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