The Tekija pattern takes its name from finds recovered near Tekija (also spelled Tekije), a site on the Danube in modern Serbia that once lay within the Roman province of Pannonia, giving this belt style a distinct regional character alongside the more commonly reproduced Mainz and Rheingönheim patterns. Original artefacts from this find date to the Flavian period, the second half of the 1st century AD. This reproduction recreates the full arrangement in hand-tanned red-brown leather with a complete decorative apron.
Cingulum, Tekije Pattern, with Apron
The Tekije belt design is thousands of years old, based on original finds dated to the Flavian period, the second half of the 1st century AD, discovered near Tekija in modern Serbia. This eye-catching belt is worked in hand-tanned red-brown leather, giving it an authentic period appearance distinct from the more familiar Mainz pattern. The full decorative apron completes the historical arrangement, following genuine archaeological evidence for Roman belt construction on the empire’s Danubian frontier.
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