Record ID: OXON-500F12
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Roman dress fastening such as a toggle or loop fastener, although this is not certain. The body of the object is a circular sectioned bar which tapers to a narrower section in the centre. Both terminals is slightly expanded and has a low-relief line beneath. Protruding from one edge of the bar, at its most narrow is two integral flat protrusions which was probably originally a loop. The breaks of the loop are not recent breaks. Beneath this loop, integral to the bar, a long stem or pin protrudes which forms a 'V' shape in plan. after the bend, the pin, on the second ha…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-63BF39
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress fastener or strap end, possibly Roman. At one end the object has a rectangular plate 11mm x 6mm in size with a serrated edge. This plate is pierced by three 1mm round holes, within which two tiny copper alloy rivets, presumably for attachment, remain. This plate is separated by a thicker rounded ridge from the main rectangular body of the object, which consists of three parralel copper alloy rods separated by 3mm parralel spaces. These rods terminate in a second rounded ridge with a small raised central semi-circular raised section on the upper surface, from which a …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2022
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