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Description: | Medieval buckle plate of nearly rectangular, slightly tapering shape, made from a sheet of copper alloy which has been folded in half. Within the fold are the remains of the buckle's copper-alloy pin bar, which is oval in cross-section; the fold has a sub-rectangular slot cut out to allow for the pin and the corners have been trimmed slightly to allow for the frame. The upper surface of the plate may have been decorated, as there are faint linear striations which appear to radiate from the centre; there are also two faint oblique grooves which are unlikely to be accidental. On this surface, at the opposite end to the fold, there is a copper-alloy rivet head visible in each corner. The rivet heads are flush with the surface. On the reverse, the under-plate is slightly smaller than the upper plate, and is undecorated. There is a large patch of a blue/green patina here and the two rivets are more visible; one rivet hole is incomplete. In side view the two plates are not parallel; they diverge towards the riveted end. the plate is 28.5mm long and 17.4mm wide. It weighs 5.74g.
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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