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Description: | Part of a copper-alloy artefact that is rectangular in shape and made from sheet metal. The object is 25.83mm wide, 29.38mm long, 0.64mm thick and weighs 2.7g. The upper surface has a boarder of parallel faint lines, which when looked at under a magnifying glass seem to be formed of tiny incised zigzag lines. These lines are only c.0.60mm wide and are set 1.34mm apart. The area inside this boarder is decorated with a criss-cross design of five parallel lines, of faint zigzag design in each direction, set diagonally to the boarder. In two of the corners, positioned exactly on the inner line of the boarder, is a small circular perforation 1.82mm in diameter. At the centre of the decorative field is a slightly larger perforation c.2.32mm in diameter which is more angular, lozenge shaped. The difference in rivet hole size and shape might suggest that the different types of hole were made at different times, for example to reinforce what was already in place. Half of the edge, opposite the two corner perforations, seems to start to raise up before gently curving over, backwards where it has now broken off. The other half of this edge has broken off at the point where the artefact starts to curve forwards. One explanation for this curved edge would be if it was the terminal recess, of a folded sheet plate to a buckle, that folds over to hold the bar of a buckle frame of the type shown in PAS record CAM-DB88D7.The artefact is likely to be a fragment of buckle folded sheet plate or folded with looped end strap-end (Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991, p.51 & 125, fig.32 & 82.) of Medieval date c.1270-1350. The artefact is similar to a more complete example shown in PAS record CAM-6FBD85. Similar examples of tiny decoration can be seen in Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991, p.30, 362 & 382, fig. 17, 241 & 253, nos. A & B, 1714-6, 1773, phases 9-11. Examples of strap-ends and buckle plates can be seen in Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991 p.111, 114 & 159, fig.72, 74 & 104, items 499, 502-514, 532-535 & 749 - 769.
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