Buckle
Buckle

On view

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Haskell Education Center

Buckle,

2nd–6th century CE

Roman or Early Byzantine
Roman Imperial Period or Early Byzantine, ca. 330–842, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
2004-144

Information

Title
Buckle
Dates

2nd–6th century CE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
w. 3.2 cm., l. 5.1 cm., th. 0.3 cm.; 20.2 g.
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2004-144
Place Made

Turkey

Place Excavated

Turkey, Daphne-Harbie

Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Imperial (Roman), Early Byzantine
Type
bronze, buckles (strap accessories), metal
Subject
triangles (polygons), plant-derived motifs

Excavated by the Princeton-led team at Antioch-on-the-Orontes, present-day Antakya, Turkey, 1931-1939; with the Museum since 1939.

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