ROMAN STRAP END

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Romano-British incomplete openwork strap-end, corroded trapezoidal plate with traces of ring-and-dots on both faces, broken at split attachment end, double transverse rib above two rectangular perforations and thickened transverse bar at terminal, 24 (at least) x 31mm. A drawing of a broadly similar example from Saham Toney is in the Norfolk HER (4697), and further examples can be seen on the PAS database from Swanton Abbott, Norfolk (NMS-84DE91; two rectangular perforations), Outwell, Norfolk (NMS-80C432; HER 41077; three rectangular perforations), Elmswell, Suffolk (SF-690346; remains of four rectangular perforations) and Great Barton, Suffolk (SF-043AB3; three rectangular perforations).