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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy buckle plate dating probably from the late Early Medieval or early Medieval period. It comprises of two plates held together with two copper alloy rivets. The strap would originally have been between the two plates. The front plate is rectangular with two projecting tabs at one end, one now broken and the back plate is smaller, rectangular in plan. The plates would have been joined by strips, of which the tabs are the remains. The strips would be bent around the frame of the buckle, allowing room between them for the pin. The frame and pin are lost. The rivets are copper alloy and separate, circular in section with rounded knopped heads on the front plate; one rivet is missing this knop. There are traces of a possible silver or tin cap to the complete rivet and the front of the plate has the remains of gilding, but no trace remains on the reverse. The front of the plate has a deep indented decorative pattern, possibly cast then incised to give more clean cut edges. The design appears to be slightly interlaced, possibly foliate within a triangular border. The plate measures 21.7mm by 23.3mm, 6.9mm thick including the rivets. It weighs 6.51g.Although the buckle plate form is seen throughout the late Early Medieval and Medieval periods the design on the front and the use of a separate metal cap on one rivet suggests an earlier date in this range, perhaps c.800-1200 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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