Button / mount

Description

Oval double-pointed button or mount with a loop on the back for attachment to a harness, from a moss at Middlebie, 1st - 2nd century AD

Museum reference

X.FA 69

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Button / mount

Date

1st - 2nd century

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Oval; double-pointed; with loop on the back for attachment to harness

Collection place(s)

Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Celts (10 Mar 2016 - 25 Sep 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Celts: Art and Identity (24 Sep 2015 - 31 Jan 2016)
  British Museum

On display

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