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Description: | A cast copper alloy buckle. The buckle is a 'D' shape in plan with a straight strap bar, which is sub-square in section. The pin is missing. The frame is moulded in the form of two flattened dolphins facing each other. The dolphins have a low-relief circular indentation as an eye, and a collar below each head. Where the noses of the dophins meet there is a pair of vertical ribs. Along each head of the dolphin there is a off-set crescent, whose edge is abraded. The interior edge of the loop there is an abraded casting edge which hasn't been removed for use. The reverse of the frame is undecorated and flat. The surface of the buckle has a well developed mid blue/green patina. The buckle measures 21.17mm long, 19.51mm wide and 3.69mm thick. It weighs 3.7g. Hawkes and Dunning (Hawkes and Dunning, 1961, 'Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century' Medieval Archaeology Vol. 5 p. 1ff.) illustrate similar buckles, Figure 13 , 'h' for example, and these are classed as Type Ia which are a common type in Britain (ibid p. 21) dating to the late 4th to early 5th century.
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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