Belt Buckle

Master of Baltimore

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT)
Tarragona, Spain

Visigothic belt buckle with a “lyriformis” silhouette, decorated with three peripheral ribs with serpent stylisation and in the interior a stylised crocodile. It is a theme from the Fables of the Physiologist common in Byzantine gold and silverwork.

Inventory number: MNAT P-2606

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Details

Title: Belt Buckle
Creator: Unknown
Location: Early Christian Necropolis of Tarragona
Physical Dimensions: 7.8 cm
Type: Belt buckle
Medium: Bronze

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT)

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