belt-buckle
- Museum number
- 1859,1129.35
- Description
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Plate from a belt-buckle; bronze; on one surface in relief a griffin with uplifted paw; the rest decorated with circles and dots.
- Production date
- 10thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 32 millimetres (max)
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Length: 41 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Cf. M. Schulze-Dörrlamm, Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, 2 vols (Mainz 2009) type G2.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased at Cnidus.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1859,1129.35