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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy probable Medieval single-looped buckle dating to c. AD 1250-1400. The buckle is incomplete as both the pin and a possible pin bar are missing. This artefact is sub-oval in plan and sub-circular in section, and is formed of a single cast loop with rounded ends. These appear to have been thickened towards the end, and have been compressed close together, possibly suggesting that this particular example did not have a narrowed pin bar to maintain the pin. This might be a result of an error in casting. The buckle frame is bevelled slightly internally on both the upper and lower surfaces, creating a slight ridge in the middle of the buckle. On the exterior central edge of the frame is a cast barrel moulding decorated with a series of transverse incised lines, and with a central groove to function as the notch for a pin. A very similar example is illustrated in Whitehead (1996: 21, no. 81). This artefact has a dark green colour overall, and measures 27.2mm in length, 24.6mm in width, 3.7mm in thickness and weighs 4.98 grams.
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