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Description: | A cast copper alloy Medieval buckle frame and plate. The buckle is oval, with a widened outside edge, and has an offset, narrowed bar. The plate is rectangular and tapers gently to its inside edge. The plate is recessed to fit the bar and there is a sheet pin complete and in situ at the centre. The plate has an incised line aropund the edges and sides,and there are two rivets fixing the front to the back plate close to the pin and frame. two more rivets were also fixed at the inside edge, but onle one survives, and a further single rivet hole can be seen at the centre of the plate. The three existing rivets have dome-shaped heads. There are traces of tinning across the plate and respecting the rivet holes. The plate to the rear is shorter than the front plate, and is incomplete due to old breaks around one rivet hole.The buckle frame measures 14.17mm in length and 19.03mm in width. The plate is 32.94mm in length and 12.84mm in width, tapering to 10.68mm. The overal length is 44.06mm. The object weighs 6.73g.
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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