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Description: | Incomplete Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with composite rigid plate, missing the pin and separate sheets. Measures 46.4mm in length. The frame itself measures 18.5x19.4mm (internal 10.4x13.4mm). Weighs 4.81g.The frame has an angled outside edge, tooling marks and a triangular lip. The patina is inatact, smooth and dark grey in colour. There is a notch for the pin on the outside edge at the back of the frame, where the buckle extends into the forked spacer. The forks extend for c.3mm before it is apparant both top and bottom surface has been removed and tooled to aid the attachment of the sheet plates. These surfaces have lost the patina and are rough to touch. Interestingly, the patina remains smooth and dark grey at the sides.Where similar frames have been found in context, they date to the second half of the 14th century.
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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