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Description: | a complete copper alloy buckle frame of Early Medieval to medieval date. It is a single-looped buckle frame and is D-shaped. The loop itself is D-shaped in section with rounded edges, and ends in an animal head at each end of the narrowed circular-section bar. The animal heads are small with triangular ears pressed back against the frame, and a long rounded snout slightly upturned and protruding beyond the bar. There are traces of moulding for a pin rest on the bar. The surfaces are abraded and corroded and no further trace of decoration or moulding can be determined. The buckle frame measures 17.28mm in width and 18.16mm in length, weighing 4.41g.
A parallel from South Elmham St Mary is recorded (SF-3553)of similar shape and style. A date from the eleventh to twelfth century is suggested. An example with stylised animal heads from a twelfth century context in Norwich is illustrated in Margeson 1993, no.127. | 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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