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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame with a roller. The frame is incomplete. 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 strap bar is missing. The apex of the loop has an integral moulded portion which has expanded sub-oval terminals and a narrowed mid section, around which originally a separate sheet of copper alloy would be curled forming a roller and is since missing. 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 sub-oval in section. The sides of the frame are narrowed and are convex on the exterior and concave on the interior. The sides have broken terminals, these breaks are not too recent. The frame has an incomplete dark grey/green patina. The frame measures 14.48mm long, 21.4mm wide and 5.14mm thick. It weighs 2.4g. 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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