buckle

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Object Type: buckle
Museum number: 2019,8022.107
Description: Buckle loop consisting of a pair of confronted dolphins with a pellet between their beaks and tails that form involuted terminals. Pierced cylindrical attachments for the hinge-bar extend from each tail. Below each dolphin head are a series of decorative lines.
Cultures/periods: Early Medieval; Romano-British
Production date: 365-450
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Yorkshire (historic) (possibly)
Materials: copper alloy
Dimensions: Diameter: 41.20 millimetres (external); Diameter: 31.30 millimetres (internal); Height: 32.60 millimetres; Weight: 17.36 grammes
Bibliographic references: Hawkes and Dunning 1961 / Soldiers and settlers in Britain, fourth to fifth century. With a catalogue of Animal-Ornamented Buckles and related Belt-Fittings (Type IIA) (see Fig. 18f); Appels & Laycock 2007 / Roman buckles and military fittings (pps. 174-5; Fig. SL4.22)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Stuart Laycock
Acquisition date: 25 September 2019
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 2019,8022.107
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: Laycock 210

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