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Description: | A fragment Early-medieval copper-alloy openwork Anglo-Scandinavian buckle. The two lower parallel projections broadly form a D shape in plan and would have formed the pin bar and loop. The right projection is incomplete, the recessed bar visible on the left projection would have connected just below the break. The artefact then tapers towards the main body before expanding into a further three projections, the two connect projections which a concave are both incomplete due to old breaks. The projection on the right is irregular in plan and appears to be depicting a beast, it is heavily abraded. The strap fitting is decorated with a lattice design on all of the surviving artefact except for the pin bar, the reverse is flat and undecorated.The buckle is 34.95mm in length, 21.8mm wide, 3.85mm thick and weighs 7.08 grams.
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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