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Description: | A small copper alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. It has a D-shaped frame that is oval shaped in section with an integral, offset and narrowed bar. The bar is square in section and the sides of the frame have projecting knops where the bar and frame meet. The outer edge of the frame is swollen with a prominent extended outer edge. This is almost square in shape with projecting knops at each outer corner, a slightly rounded outer edge and concave sides. The front face is decorated with an elongated central pin groove either side of which are double rows of opposed punched triangles. The back face is flat and undecorated. Part of the rectangular sheet copper alloy pin is visible wrapped around the bar, but this is mostly missing due to old breaks. The buckle measures 14.57mm in height, 14.43mm in width, 2.31mm in thickness, and weighs 1.37g. This small buckle finds parallels in an excavated example from Norwich (Ayers, 1985: fig. 24, no. 7) and several example recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (see for example SF-3868F6, HAMP-1E2A75, HAMP-CB6317, HAMP-63DB75 and BH-77BF03). These indicate a date for the current example in the early periods of the Medieval, probably during the 12th-14th centuries AD.
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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