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Description: | Copper-alloy buckle consisting of a frame and plate. The buckle frame is D-shaped with an offset and narrowed bar. It measures 35mm in width and 19mm in length. It is decorated around the curving outside edge of the frame; at the pin rest, there is one transverse moulding and two oblique mouldings, forming an arrow shape pointing inwards. The same motif is repeated above and below, and between each motif (and between the outer arrow shapes and the ends of the bar) are short outcurving elements with a triangular cross-section. The plate is also D-shaped, with a slight point at the widest part of the curve. It is made from a single piece of copper-alloy sheet folded around the bar, with a pin slot and frame recesses cut out of the fold. It measures 16mm in length and 32mm in width. There are three copper-alloy rivets, two in the corners near to the bar and one near to the outside edge. The rivets have large knob-like heads and attach the upper plate to the underplate. The underplate is the same shape as the upper plate but is slightly smaller, and has a more roughly cut outline. The decoration on the buckle plate consists of a border of double curving lines of opposed punched triangles. This border continues the line of the straight edge of the D shape. There are three further double lines of opposed punched triangles on the loops of the hinge, running up to the fold. This buckle can be dated to the medieval period on the basis of its decoration, particularly the double lines of opposed triangles. An object like this could easily be very worn, as there is moulded decoration on the frame which has sharp edges, but this buckle is nearly perfect. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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