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Description: | Copper-alloy sub-rectangular buckle plate of probable early 13th C. AD date. The piece measures 27.8mm long by 17.8mm wide at the pin end, widening to 20.2mm at the opposite end. The pin attachment is badly damaged. The upper surface of the plate has a design within a plain rectangular border. It is a representation of a two-legged beast with a dragon-like head and a fish-like tail. It is facing right and there is a geometric pattern filling the gaps around the animal. Two small circular rivet holes exist, one in the top right hand corner of the design, and one in the bottom right. The reverse is plain and has iron staining. The piece measures 32.6mm long by 1.5mm thick and weighs 5.99g. A very similar buckle plate was recovered from a 15th C. AD context in London, but was thought, based on an excavated example from Kings Lynn, to be a residual piece of probable early 13th C. AD date (see ref.). It has been suggested that the design was filled with enamel. No traces, however, remain.
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