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Description: | a copper alloy buckle frame of probable Viking date. It is a complete oval with the sides curved upward and a central bar. The pin is missing. At one terminal the oval extends into an animal head, a domed oval 9.8mm in length and 7.1mm wide. There are eyes on either side of the head, and a single line curving round to indicate the mouth. The top of the head is faceted, but also has some corrosion so that the detail is unclear. The arms of the frame are 4.8mm in width and 2.75mm in thickness, and angled at about 45 degrees to the horizontal. The outside edges of the arms are decorated with bands giving a corrugated appearance, but again are obscured by corrosion. The overal length of the buckle frame is 22.32mm and it weighs 5.45g. Although no exact parallel has been seen, there are examples from Suffolk with similar animal head terminals which help to date this buckle, for example from Claydon, SF 79DAF8. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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