|
Date: |
|
Description: | Cast copper alloy buckle with a separate plate overall length 24mm, width 34mm, thickness 3mm, weight 8.87g. The buckle length 21mm, width 34mm, thickness 3mm, is D-shaped with a narrowed recessed strap bar. A knop flanks either side of the strap bar. The arms are slightly convex and expand towards the forward edge. The forward edge is expanded with a bevelled outside edge and concave underside, engraved zigzags decorate this forward edge. The copper alloy pin is still in place length 21mm, width 4mm, thickness 1mm, this is triangular in shape with a folded penannular attachment end.
The plate is made from sheet copper alloy length 21mm, width 22mm, thickness >1mm. This is rectangular is plan, the forward edge has been bent around the strap bar, there is a rectangular slot cut in the centre for the pin. The folded side would have had a second plate projecting from the lugs but this has been truncated. There are two rivet holes towards the lugs, one retains a copper alloy rivet.
The artefact is in a fair condition retaining a mid brown patina which is the original surface.
This buckle dates to the 13th-14th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy buckle with…
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy Buckle with…
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy buckle frame…
-
BUCKLE
Cast copper alloy buckle with…
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle…
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy rectangular framed…
-
buckle
Sheet copper alloy buckle plate…
-
buckle
Cast copper alloy Buckle with…
-
-
buckle
Sheet copper alloy buckle plate…
|