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Description: | A worn cast copper alloy buckle of Medieval date that is complete with the exception of the pin, which is missing due to old breaks. The frame is D-shaped, sub-oval in section with a flat back and swollen outer edge. It has an integral, offset cylindrical bar that is bent at its centre and either side of which there are projecting knops where the frame and bar meet. From the knops the frame extends to prominent pointed shoulders before expanding to a swollen outer edge that has a central rectangular projection with flattened edge. The buckle has a separately cast copper alloy plate that is rectangular in form with square frame recesses and pin slot. This is folded around the bar to create an upper and lower plate, the lower plate in this instance is of similar form, but approximately half the size of the upper plate. Both plates have three small circular perforations at the inner edge to enable attachment to the now missing strap or buckle. One of these holes still preserves a cylindrical copper alloy rivet with a globular circular head. The upper plate has traces of decoration comprising a rectangular (cabled?) border and traces of gilding. The lower plate and the frame itself have no traces of any decoration, although all surfaces are extremely worn and it is plausible that any decoration the buckle originally had is now missing due to post-depositional damage.
The entire object measures 29.68mm in height, 30.89mm in width, 4.05mm in thickness, and weighs 6.07g.
This buckle is of Medieval date. Parallels in terms of form are noted from Medieval Norwich (Ayers, 1985: fig. 24, no. 7) and from various examples recorded through the PAS database (see for example SF-3868F6, HAMP-1E2A75, HAMP-CB6317, HAMP-63DB75 and BH-77BF03). These indicate a likely date in the 12th-14th centuries AD for the current buckle. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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