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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle with a separate folded plate (c. 1200-c 1450).The frame is oval in plan, moulded at the front and bevelled at the rear and measures 21.2 x 32.8 x 2.6mm. The front of the frame has four transverse lobes and the bar is narrowed and off-set. The tapering copper-alloy pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. It has a length of 15.5mm and the width at the loop is 3.3mm. The plate is made of sheet copper-alloy and is folded lengthways. The rear plate, sub-triangular in plan, is much smaller than the front plate. It measures 8.8mm in length and is 19.4mm in width. The front plate tapers in width from the loop towards the attachment end. At the loop the width is 24.6mm and the width at the attachment end is 21.5mm. However, the plate is incomplete at this end. Both plates have a circular rivet hole close to the pin slot and these have a diameter of 2.8mm. At the attachment end of the front plate there is circular rivet hole in each corner. These have a diameter2.3mm. Both holes are incomplete. Decoration on the front plate consists of an abstract design, perhaps a representation of a flower. This design has been executed by using two methods, punching and engraved rocker-work. It has a border of two parallel punched lines. The central part of the design is mainly punched and the pointed oval 'stem' contains rocker-work.The frame and the plates have an even mid-green patina overall. The breaks appear to be old.63.4 x 32.8 x 2.6mm. Weight: 10.15g.The technique of 'rocker-work' has been used on items from at least the early 13th to the early 14th centuries (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 31).
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