Record ID: SUSS-1A5577
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, strap end, possibly Late Roman or Early Medieval in date, AD.350-500. The object comprises a tapering copper alloy plate. It has a rounded tip and a longitudinal ridge on the front face which gives the object a triangular cross section. The top of the object is bifurcated and forms two projecting rounded arms. Through each arm is a small iron rivet, both rivets have corroded away and filled the rivet holes with mineralised iron deposits. The front face of the strap end is decorated with ring and dot decoration that runs down the length in two lines converging at the ti…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.