Bronze buckle

Name: Bronze buckle

Provenance: Paleo-christian basilica
Location: Museum of Mértola. Paleo-christian basilica
Description: A bronze buckle with a hard, lyre-shaped plate. It is incomplete, lacking the frame and prong. An animal-form motif fills the central part, which is lined by small grooves carved with a file.
Dimensions: Length 4.2 cm, width 2.1 cm; thickness 0.9 cm
Chronology: 7th century

Retrieved from: Torres, C; Macias, S., (ed.) (1993): Museu de Mértola - Basílica Paleocristã. Mértola, Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, p.70.