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Description: | A near complete copper alloy locking buckle of Medieval date. The buckle frame is rectangular in shape with a v-shaped flange and two knops on the outer edge where the locking bar would have snapped into place. The outer edge is faceted with a central, grooved pin rest, and its underside is at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the base of the frame. The sides of the buckle between the outer edge and the bar are rectangular in section but they are shaped with a series of three peaks and troughs giving the impression of wavy or teeth-like decoration. The inner edge of the buckle frame is square in section, but has a slight, uneven flange that may be the result of the production process. Approximately two thirds of the way between the outer and inner edges of the frame the locking bar joins the buckle frame. The bar is U-shaped and faceted with a hexagonal section. It narrows towards its terminal, which is a rounded knop with diagonal grooved decoration. The terminal inside the buckle frame is circular in section and still moves to some extent. The pin itself and any bar that may have attached it to the locking bar is now missing. The buckle frame including locking bar measures 40.69mm in length, 32.92mm in width, and weighs 14.02g. Similar examples of Medieval locking buckle frames have been noted from fourteenth century contexts. A near identical example, including pin, is recorded on the PAS database in Suffolk (SF-439C77) and a good parallel was found in Norwich (Margeson, 1993: 26-28, fig. 13, no. 139). This example would date to the fourteenth century AD.
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