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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy buckle frame with the remains of the pin attached. This buckle frame is D-shaped and measures 29.5mm in width and 21.8mm in height. The outer edge of the frame is expanded and measures 6.8mm in width at its widest point. The frame is rectangular in cross-section and flat. On the front face of the outer edge there is a transverse rectangular indentation(3.5mm in width), which would have acted as a pin rest. To either side of this there is a deep panel with now unintelligible raised decorative lines within it. It is very likely that these panels contained enamel, especially due to their depth. The bar of this frame is narrowed and rounded it is roughly oval in cross-section. Attached to the bar there is the remains of the pin. The pin loop and a fragment of the pin can be seen, there is a decorative transverse moulding and grooves where the loop joins the shaft of the pin. This buckle is distorted and damaged by extreme heat exposture. It was discovered in association with other early Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which were also burnt and distorted by high temperatures. It is therefore likely that this buckle was originally deposited in an early Anglo-Saxon cremation. No exact parallel could be found for it but the D-shaped frame is very similar to the early Anglo-Saxon smaller plain D-shaped buckle frames, and the later, traditionally called 'shield on tongue' buckle frames, which are of a more similar size, which date to the late 6th and early 7th centuries. It is therefore believed to be early Anglo-Saxon in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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