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Description: | Copper alloy buckle with an incomplete copper alloy folded sheet plate. Probably Medieval. Length 41mm, width 24mm and 6mm thick. Weight 6.59g.The cast buckle is 15mm long, 24mm in width with a maximum thickness of 4mm. It is oval-shaped in plan and generally oval in cross-section and has a narrowed off-set bar which is 11mm in length and circular in cross-section. The outer edge of the buckle frame is swollen and without a pin rest. The pin is made of flat copper alloy and there is a narrow transverse moulding at the junction of the shaft and the loop. The shaft, which narrows abruptly mid-way along its length, has a sharp tip. There is no evidence of wear on the frame where the pin makes contact. Both the front plate and the back plate are corroded and the edges are broken and ragged. When complete it was probably rectangular (longer axis perpendicular to the bar) with a minimum length of 29mm and a width of about 18mm. The plate is recessed to accommodate the buckle frame and it has a rectangular pin slot which measures 5mm x 3mm. A rivet hole is situated mid-way along the longitudinal length of the plate near each of the edges of the plate. A third hole is on the longitudinal centre-line, close to the attachment end. Each of the holes have burred edges on their undersides, indicating, perhaps, that they have been punched rather than drilled. The rivets are missing and all eroded breaks appear to be old. The piece is in poor condition and is currently suffering from bronze disease. Small areas of a mid-green patina survive on the frame and pin.
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