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Description: | An unusual copper-alloy buckle with an incomplete oval shaped frame and an integral plate with a split terminal. Only side of the frame now survives the rest is missing due to an old break. The plate is integral and rectangular in shape measuring 31mm in length and 12mm in width at its widest point. It flares outwards towards its terminal which is split and has an iron rivet through its centre, this would have allowed a strap to be attached to the plate. There is a circular perforation/pin hole for the missing pin. The front face of the plate is decorated with projecting moulding, which consists of two triangular shaped protrusions with their points near to each other, the opposite ends of the triangles are 'M'-shaped and have two circular indentations in each arch of the'M.' It is possible that two small animals heads are being depicted. The back face of the plate is flat and undecorated. No exact parallel could be found for this buckle, although buckles with oval frames and integral plates are known from London they do not have split terminals or protruding decoration as this example does (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 78-79). This buckle is most likely to be medieval in date.
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