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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-F78356
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap fitting. Cast strap union comprising three juxtaposed rings of rounded section and equal size, of thickness 3.8mm, with a protruding zoomorphic boss at their meeting. The boss now resembles the head of a turtle, with a rounded snout, a short and slightly down-turned neck, moulded lentoid eyes in low relief on top of the head, and a wide mouth defined by paired incised lines on its underside with a small pit at each end. A pair of small spurs appear behind the boss, at the position a fourth ring might take were one required. The finder kindly observes that a bovine head is a more usual embellishment to such an object, and the reptilian mien of the piece may be fortuitous, though there is no evidence for loss of fabric. A three-part design is sometimes ascribed to a Celtic predilection for the number three, though it might equally be functional. The object is appealingly smoothed overall on its display side, with a roughened area between the upper two rings [as illustrated] which extends onto the top of the projecting boss, but the rings themselves do not appear altered by internal wear. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100 BC AD 100.
Height: 35.2mm, Width: 41.9mm, Thickness (at boss): 14mm, Weight: 23.81gms
Class: Strap Union
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 35.2 mm
Width: 41.9 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 23.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33114
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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