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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Medieval date, perhaps a spur buckle. It has an oval shaped frame with integral plate that is D-shaped in section and with a flat back. The loop is sub-oval in section with faceted exterior edge and slightly flared sides, but with no pin slot. Where the loop meets the buckle plate there is a transverse ridge that terminates in projecting knops to either side of the loop. At the centre of the ridge is a small circular perforation that preserves the remains of a copper alloy pin, most of which is now missing due to old breaks. The buckle plate itself is approximately triangular in plan, tapering towards the now missing inner edge. Two moulded transverse ridges are a visible half way down the buckle plate, between which the plate expands both vertically and horizontally. Between these two ridges and the loop is a second small circular perforation that is much wider in diameter on the back face of the plate than the front. This may have been for attachment to another object. The back face of the buckle is flat and undecorated. The buckle measures 36.33mm in width, 13.87mm in length, 3.75mm in thickness, and weighs 3.66g. Similar small buckles with oval frame and integral plate are noted from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 320-321) and in Read (1988: no. 242). These indicate a date in the 13th or 14th centuries AD for the current example.
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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