Record ID: BM-766594
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy belt mount or harness fitting dating to the late second or early third century AD. The fitting is approximately lentoidal in shape and comprises an openwork design of two adjoining trumpet motifs. The openwork plate is D-shaped in section. On the underside of the openwork plate, positioned at each end where the motifs terminate in trumpet-like terminals, there extend two circula-section lugs, the terminals of which appears to have been hammered flat. The strap fitting measures 41mm in length, 18mm in width and a maximum of 4mm in thickness. The lugs measures 4mm in…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: BM-763068
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy belt mount dating to the late second or early third century AD. The fitting is approximately oval in shape and comprises an openwork design of three adjoining trumpet motifs. The openwork plate is D-shaped in section. On the underside of the openwork plate, positioned at the centre of one of the trumpet-shaped terminals, there extends a single rectangular-section lug, the terminal of which appears to have been hammered flat. The strap fitting measures 41mm in length and a maximum of 5mm in thickness. The lug measures 5mm in length and is 3mm in width. It weighs 9.3…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
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Record ID: BM-75E468
Object type: BELT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy belt mount or harness fitting dating to the late second or early third century AD. The fitting is oval in shape and comprises an openwork plate of four adjoining trumpet motifs. The openwork plate is D-shaped in section. The outer motifs are semi-circular in shape and possess trumpet-shaped terminals. The terminals are decorated with a single incised line. Two further trumpet motifs extend from diagonally opposed trumpet terminals. On the underside of the openwork plate, positioned on the outer edges, there extend two circular-section lugs which terminate …
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.