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Class
- Costume Element
Material
- Bronze

DefinitionBuckle, Round or Brooch
MaterialBronze
DimensionsDiam. 51 mm, hoop th. 6 mm. tongue shaft:58 mm, w. 7 tapering to 4 mm., th. 3.5 mm.
DescriptionBuckle with thick frame, intact with triangular tongue. This still moves freely on the hoop; a patch polished shiny, ca. 1.8 cm. long, marks the usual position of the prong. Two grooves spaced ca. 2 mm. apart mark the base of the tongue.
State of ConservationObject, intact. Surfaces, fair condition, slight patches of corrosion and encrustation.
ComparandaSogliani 1995, 114 n. 222, Vona 2008, 165.

Record Details

Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_2832
- Definitionfill of grave of HRU 2831*

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Author of Record
- Archidio Mariani

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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