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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-15E6BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIa dating to the period c. AD 300 - 400. The fragment consists of approximately half of the frame, moulded in the form of one of, orginally two, confronting dolphins. The head forms the outer edge, with gaping jaws. The eye is depicted by a ring-and-dot motif.
See: Hawkes and Dunning, 1961: 52, figs. 17-18).
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIa
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th July 2016 - Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 24511
Other reference: IND24032017AR
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Stoke Holy Cross (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2300
Four figure Latitude: 52.55213241
Four figure longitude: 1.28789306
1:25K map: TG2300
1:10K map: TG20SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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