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Roman copper alloy openwork belt plate
Small open-work belt-plate. The ornamental panel is eccentrically placed to leave a broad margin on one of the short sides and a narrow margin on the other. These margins are pierced by holes for rivets and part of a rivet remains in that on the wide margin. The bronze tracery of the open-work design describes a central curvilinear lozenge with a heart shape to either side. There are bars across the upper and lower points of the lozenge and across the points of the heart shapes.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.165H/113
Find Information
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980-1981
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.
Measurements
length / mm:43
width / mm:18
thickness / mm:2
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