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Description: | Cast copper alloy rectangular framed buckle with buckle plate length 65mm, width 34mm, thickness 8mm, weight 15.95g. The frame has a circular moulding in each corner and in the centre of the sides, each circle is divided into four by an incused cross, there is a pellet in each angle. The forward edge has a small rectangular moulding with a depression in the centre, which would have acted as a pin rest. In between the mouldings, the frame is decorated with a number of incised striations. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed. The main body of the plate is very short, 8 cm long, and is decorated with hatchings, three parallel arms project from the rear. These arms have bevelled sides, the central arm is longest and is decorated with a series of chevrons running down its length. The terminals of each arm is truncated but may have ended in a loop with a hole in the centre where the buckle plate would have been riveted onto the strap. The forward section of the plate has two lugs which project forward and are bent back on themselves, these hold the buckle in place. 12th13th century Geoff Egan of London Museum believes this is a 12th century example and states that such buckle gradually simplify through the 12th to the 13th century.
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