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Description: | A complete copper alloy buckle frame and integral plate cast as one and of Early Medieval date. The object is flat and approximately triangular in plan with faceted edges. It swells at the exterior edge to an oval shaped loop. There is a small, flat copper alloy pin that is rectangular in plan and section, and extends from a small circular hole at the inner edge of the frame to beyond the outer edge. The opposing end of the plate narrows as if towards a point, but instead expands to terminate with a circular frame that measures 4.14mm in internal diameter. There are notches on both upper and lower edges at the point where the circular shape of the frame meets the remainder of the plate. The upper edge of the frame has two semi-circular incisions that are perhaps intentional but may be the result of old damage. There is no decoration. This buckle measures 29.18mm in length, 14.45mm in width, 1.82mm in thickness, and weighs 2.81g. The form of this buckle draws some parallels with published Saxon examples from Barnham and Coddenham in Suffolk (West, 1998: fig. 4 no. 20, fig. 21, nos. 2-3). It dates to the 7th century AD.
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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