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Description

Class
- Costume Element
Material
- Bone and Ivory

DefinitionBuckle plaque
Materialbone
Dimensions41 mm tall, 39 mm wide,4.5 mm thick, 5.5 mm wide holes.
DescriptionA square, bone plaque with rounded corners. The plaque has been decorated with five groups of concentric circles (.88 cm each) each with a dot in the middle, arranged in each corner and one in the center. Two holes drilled near the edges for an attachment.
State of ConservationBroken on one side
ComparandaFor concentric circles in bone: Cf. Ricci 2001, 408, II.4.823. For similar object Salvetti 1978, no. 15.

Date Range

300 AD - 400 AD

Record Details

Area
- Area D (Barracks)

Context VM_5414
- DefinitionDestruction Layer in room 29

Similar Catalogue EntriesNo Linked Records

Author of Record
- Ryan Ricciardi

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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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