09-08-2011, 01:36 PM
Quote:The two ends are very different so I interpreted the flatter end as a "slider".
Meaning you've got one decorated casting that's never going to be seen? That seems odd to me.
And some sets (like the Sittingbourne belt) have identical, tubular/plate end fittings. As does the one that started this thread. they look like they're meant to be seen together to me.
However, again, it is a solution. There may well have been no standard method, or maybe there were different methods for people that wanted belts with a wide range of adjustment....
A study of those sets that were found in graves may be called for. I know some of them were laid out flat on the body of the deceased, so there may be some clues there.
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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