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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. It comprises a flat plate in the form of a bird that is missing the majority of the head end and wings due to old breaks. The plate has a triangular shaped tail that flares towards the base. This is decorated on the front face with three incised vertical double rows of opposing punched triangles. At the centre of the plate the main body of the bird is rectangular in form and is decorated with three transverse double bands of opposing punched triangles, one positioned at the top, one at the middle and one at the base of the body. Above the body extends a tapering neck that curves outwards on both sides towards a now missing head and wings, this too is decorated on both edges with a double row of punched opposing triangles. The top of the plate is flat, the sides now incoplete due to old breaks. The back face of the object is flat and undecorated, with apparently no trace of any form of pin attachment or catchplate. The entire object measures 29.59mm in length, 12.75mm in width, 1.69mm in thickness, and weighs 3.07g.This is a small fragment from a form of buckle plate apparent in the early phases of the Medieval period. When complete the surviving section would have formed the body of the bird, with head and wings extending upwards and to the sides to create an M-shaped buckle plate. Examples are noted on the PAS database and in the Norfolk HER (SF-D33C97, NMS-11EF31, NMS-4D08E2, LIN-5FFC92 and NCL-BAB662), and it is suggested that the creation of an M-shaped plate may represent association to the Virgin Mary. These examples are typically dated to the 12th or 13th centuries, c.1100-1300 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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