Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman copper alloy buckle plate
Belt plate of slightly rounded cross-section, with three pins for attachment on the underside, two near the hinge end and one at the opposite end: a third mark near the hinge may instance another pin. All have traces of washers of metal. Champlevé decoration is featured in three bands containing serpentine lines and leaflets, stalked except in the central band, which alone preserves the enamel (turquoise). A short band of opposed triangles, also filled with turquoise enamel, at the rear edge.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Bear House Field II, Caerleon
Nodiadau: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from Courtyard House