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Strap junction (detail)

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from Inchtuthil, Perthshire

Postcard of Strap junction (detail).
000-190-002-093-C
© National Museums Scotland

Strap junction (detail)

This is a detail of the enamel decoration on a strap junction for horse harness found at the site of the Roman fort at Inchtuthil in Perthshire. It dates from between 83 and 87 AD. The object is of native manufacture.

The picture shows the middle of the strap junction. In places the enamel has broken away, revealing a bubbly surface underneath which was probably the adhesive used.

The use of enamel decoration was popular among native people in Scotland and northern Britain for prestigious objects, and was even adopted for some Roman objects. The glass used was recycled from imported objects or scrap material.


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Online ID: 000-190-002-093-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FY 168
Date: Between 83 and 87 AD
Material: Bronze; in the form of a slightly convex bar with expanded rectangular ends and backed half roundels in centre; whole surface inlaid with alternate areas of red, blue and buff enamel, in four rows of triangles at the ends
Dimensions: 4.05" L x 0.80" across ends
What: Strap junction
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Where: Scotland, Perthshire, Caputh, Inchtuthill
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Description: Bronze strap junction with upper surface inset with red, blue and buff enamel, from the Roman legionary fortress at Inchtuthill, Perthshire
References:
  • MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 35-6, 58; vol. 2, no. 32. 
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