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Description: | A cast copper alloy buckle. The buckle frame is a sub-rectangle in plan. The sides are convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The strap bar is narrowed and slightly off-set, and is rectangular in cross section. Around the strap bar there are there remains of a copper alloy sheet buckle plate. The edge opposite to the strap bar is expanded in width and decorated with three central transverse grooves and is also rectangular in cross section. The pin is missing. The frame has a matte green coloured patina. It measures 14.89mm long and 14.42mm wide. It weighs 1.1g.
In Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) there are similar buckles Nos. 434 to 438 in particular second half of the 14th century. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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