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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-D532D9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman strap fitting, dating to AD 43-410. It consists of an arched element, which has lost one of the two ends. The surviving end tapers towards a sideways protruding double leaf-shaped knobs. The central and concave part of the arched main body has a lozange-shaped cross-sectioned protrusion, which estends parallel to theforementioned lateral end arm (20.09 mm long), although it is shorter (12.68 mm long). This central element flares slightly and flattens in a circular disc at its end. The lower face of the main arched element has a semi-circular oval cross-sectioned frame, which defines a sub-rectangular loop.
The presence of the loop and the overall shape reminds to a terret but the fuctioning remains unclear.
Length: 62.94 mm
Width: 35.38 mm
Thickness at its centre: 12.94 mm
Weight: 42.32 g
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 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.94 mm
Width: 35.38 mm
Thickness: 12.94 mm
Weight: 42.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Pakenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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