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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame with a roller. Only a fragment of the frame remains of the buckle. Originally this type of buckle would have been, in plan, a sub-'D' shape. The portion of the frame which remains is the upper, lower and apex sections. The apex of the loop has an integral moulded portion which has expanded sub-oval terminals and a narrowed mid section, around which a separate sheet of copper alloy curled around the frame forming a roller. The roller is designed to reduce wear on the strap and to enable the strap to be tightened more easily (Ottaway and Rogers 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York, p. 2889). This portion of the frame is semi-circular in section, more commonly they are oval in section. The roller and frame are both undecorated. The frame and roller are both heavily abraded and have only a trace of a heavy patina. The frame measures 19.68mm long, 12.89mm wide and 5.58mm thick. It weighs 1.9g.The buckle dates to the mid 13th to mid 14th centuries. Ottaway and Rogers (2002) illustrate similar buckles, Figure 1466 No. 14298 and 14303 for example found in mid to late 13th century contexts.
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