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STRAP END
Unique ID: SF-7C25C9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment of a Roman amphora-shaped strap end, dating to AD 350-410. It is flat and leaf-shaped in plan; it lacks of the upper part. The front face is decorated with a central double-ring-and-dot motif; it tapers towards a knopped terminal. The back face is undecorated. The surfaces are worn and the lower part is slightly bent forwards.
These kind of strap-ends formed part of the equipment of the regular Roman soldier serving on the frontiers in the second half of the fourth century. Cf. Simpson (1976, pp. 198-200).
Length: 30.35 mm
Width: 21.93 mm
Thickness: 1.46 mm
Weight: 3.01
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.35 mm
Width: 21.93 mm
Thickness: 1.46 mm
Weight: 3.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Stowupland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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