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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle frame or strap clasp of Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape with an integral hollow plate that is largely missing due to old breaks. The frame has two projecting arms that are rectangular in profile with rounded exterior edges, with an iron bar half way down the length and a second iron bar at the exterior edge. The bar at the exterior edge is cylindrical in shape and with a copper-alloy sheath that may have acted as a roller, although this remains uncertain due to extensive iron corrosion. The copper-alloy surfaces are decorated with incised diagonal grooves. The second bar half way down the frame is also cylindrical in shape and would have originally revolved. It has extensive iron corrosion, perhaps the result of a now missing strap, plate or pin. At the inner edge of the frame there is a hemispherical bar mount decorated with incised lines in an identical fashion to the exterior edge. The plate behind the mount is flat, but has suffered post-depositional damage and is now incomplete. This has six horizontal bands of inlaid black decoration, with rocker decoration between and around them. The back face of the plate is hollow and has the remains of a rectangular attachment of some kind, perhaps a second sheet to act as a backing plate, but this has suffered extensive iron corrosion making identification problematic. The entire object measures 32.22mm in width, 18.07mm in height, 6.80mm in thickness, and weighs 6.20g. This is presumably an incomplete buckle frame or strap clasp of Medieval date. The presence of two roller bars is unusual, since in most cases a single roller is employed. Despite this, the current object shares similarities in terms of form with 15th century AD examples from Medieval London and probably dates to a similar period (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 424).
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