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Description: | A Complete cast copper alloy buckle frame of Early Early-Medieval date (AD 450 - AD 600). Length 28mm, width 44.5mm and maximum thickness 10.0mm. Weight 32.77g.The front face of the frame is convex and the bar is 17.0mm in length and sub-circular in cross-section, having a maximum diameter of 5.0mm. The rear face, close to the edge, is flat. However, the remaining part is bevelled. Traces of tin on the surfaces may indicate that the frame has been tinned. Alternatively, the composition of the metal may include tin. No evidence for burning or melting.The surfaces are mainly covered with mid-green patina although it has small patches of corrosion on both faces and particularly so on the bar. The bar is iron stained and there is also some iron staining on the rear face of the frame. The staining indicates, perhaps, that the missing pin was made of iron.
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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