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MOUNT
Unique ID: BUC-3E33BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete, Roman, copper alloy, belt fitting, AD.300-450. The object comprises a rectangular plate with two rivet holes pierced through it. At one end of the object is a narrow strip that has been bent over to form a suspension loop. This terminates in a square tab which is pierced by a single rivet hole. The front of the plate has two parallel lines running down its length, these lines are the same width apart as the tab forming the loop. The object has an even green patina.
Similar examples in Nicolay 2007, pl.45, no.100.7 and 100.9. these are associated with later military belts.
Class:
Belt fitting
Sub class: Suspension loop
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 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.42 mm
Width: 5.85 mm
Thickness: 1.01 mm
Weight: 0.74 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ACYBM 4864
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8343
Four figure Latitude: 52.07914794
Four figure longitude: -0.79026831
1:25K map: SP8343
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolay, J. | 2007 | Armed Batavians: Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-Military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450) | Amsterdam | Amsterdam University Press | pl.45, no.100.7 and 100.9 |
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