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Description: | The buckle plate is made from a single sheet of copper alloy which has a transverse fold of in the centre forming a horizontal 'U' in profile. The fold has a central rectangular shaped slot. At the opposite terminal to the fold, each plate has a rivet hole with a cast copper alloy rivet in place. The terminals of the rivet have been flattened so that it is flush with the plate. The upper plate is decorated with a linear grooved border. There are traces of a white metal alloy on the upper and lower plate, otherwise the surface has a dark green patina. The plate measures 18.07mm long and 7.17mm wide. It weighs 0.9g.The buckle plate may be of a Medieval date, a similar sized buckle plate is illustrated in Ottaway and Rogers, (Ottaway, P. and Rogers, N. 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds From Medieval York York Archaeological Trust and CBA), No. 13000 dating to the 14th century. The recorded example is probably Medieval, but dates to the 12th to 15th centuries.
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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