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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy folded sheet copper alloy buckle plate dating form the Medieval period. Both the buckle frame and pin are missing and the plate itself has been broken. The plate is made from a sheet of copper alloy and is broadly sub-rectangular in both plan and cross section. The hinges are recessed to fit round the frame but the part which wrapped round the pin bar are missing. There is a slot for the pin. Two copper alloy rivets survive at the hinge end. There is a single rivet hole at the attachment end and the one in the other corner is missing ecause the corner is damaged. The plate is decorated with raised circles around the existing rivets and a series of triangles or zig zag lines along the edges and acoss the hinge end. The reverse shows the remainder of the back plate, which had been folded over and was smaller than the front plate. The reverse is undecorated. The buckle plate has a dark green and light brown patina.Length: 31.58mm; Width: 14.22mm; Thickness: 11.02mm; Weight: 3.3g
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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