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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-FE50D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman to Early Medieval propeller-shaped belt stiffener, dating to AD 350-450. The outer edges of the short ends of the sub-trapezoidal stylised propeller have a central v-shaped notch and a three-lobed knop at each corner. The front face of the belt stiffener has two incised ring-and-dot marks and a circular rivet hole between the pair of corners forementioned. The front face of the central circular element has a central engraved ring-and-dot. Traces of gilding are visible on the front face of one of the three-lobed knop. The back face is undecorated; the rivets are missing. The belt stiffener is abraded and slightly bent.
See similar examples on PAS database: HAMP-F7A764,NMS-4EAF18.
Length: 37.03 mm
Width: 13.91 mm
Thickness: 1.33 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.03 mm
Width: 13.91 mm
Thickness: 1.33 mm
Weight: 1.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Bressingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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