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Description: | Copper alloy D-shaped buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IB (1961). The outer edge of the frame is flat and highly decorated. At each side of the outer edge there is a sub-triangular projection moulded in the form of the profile of a horse's head, each of which also bears incised decoration. The projections are slightly recessed from the frame (Th. 2.3mm) and the heads are outward facing. Each head bears an incised dot and circle to represent the eye of the animal, and a series of transverse grooves along the back of the head and neck representing the mane. There is a row of incised dots beneath each head. Beneath this row of dots is an undecorated section which joins the main frame of the buckle. The inner section of the outer edge is decorated with two inward facing dolphin heads. Again the eyes are represented by an incised dot and circle, and incised lines represent the open mouths of the dolphins. The short edges of the frame are slightly domed, so that they are D-shaped in section, and bear incised decoration in the form of two pairs of parallel lateral grooves on the upper surface. The bar is circular in section, undecorated, and not recessed for the pin. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The pin is intact, rectangular in section and undecorated. The pin is pointed from where it expands and continues for c. 9mm before contracting and thickening to form a loop around the bar (W. 3.55-2.4mm. Th. 1.23-1.54mm). Even mid-green patina.Similar to examples in Hawkes, S. C. & Dunning, G. C. 1961. Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century. Medieval Archaeology, 5, 1-70, fig. 15.
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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