Roman — Roman; 40-140
Mount, military belt plate
Undecorated copper-alloy belt plate with four rivets in situ. The object has been distorted into a slightly convex shape. There is no trace of silvering or tinning.
Plain belt plates were very common in the first century AD (there are more than 70 examples in the Vindonissa Museum collection). Although ostensibly plain, they could in fact be decorated with differential tinning, as with examples from Mehrum, or by covering them in a silver foil as happened to belt plates from Velsen, or indeed with an embossed sheet.
- Category:
- Roman
- Object ID:
- A27931
- Object name:
- mount, military belt plate
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- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- Roman; 40-140
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- L 43 mm, W 28.5 mm (overall)
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
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- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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