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Description: | A corroded cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date. The artefact is an irregular D-shape with prominent protruding outer edge such that it tends towards the sub-triangular. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set and is missing its pin. It has been slightly distorted as a result of old damage. Its terminals are expanded but divided from the sides by grooves on the upper surface. The protrusion forms the pin rest and features a shallow central pin groove along its width. It terminates with in a rounded curve with a protruding lobe at either end. The upper surface is decorated with diagonals within a border probably formed of engraved zigzags. The lower surface of the artefact is flat and plain. The object has a dark brown patina but is covered in many places in a lighter corrosion product. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 24; 107ff.). Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the 13th and 14th centuries.
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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