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Description: | Medieval copper alloy buckle plate with grooved decoration in the form of C-shaped punches. It measures 48.7x15mm and at the open end is open 1.7mm.Both front and back plate are intact, and held together with two spherical-headed rivets 3-4mm in diameter.The open end is slightly concave. The decoration is of a possibly mythical beast with spotted body and either two heads or a forked tail-end. This tail area is filled with diagonal lines. Two legs extend to one long edge. Both long edges are flanked by a deep groove.Weighs 5.70g. 14th/ 15th century.Cf. WILT-4B0097 from Tetsworth, Oxfordshire which is decorated in a similar style with a similar animal.
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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