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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Late Early-Medieval to Early Medieval date (c.1000-1200), missing one lug, the axis bar, pin and probable plate.The frame is D-shaped, with two D-shaped lugs (one missing, old break) extending from the bar. The piercing in the remaining lug is 1.3mm in diameter. The bar has a central groove for the pin. From the curve of the frame extends the triangular moulded zoomorphic pin rest, in the form of a head, with a groove between the ears and behind the (prominent) brow for the pin. Beyond the snout extends to a point 5.85mm tall with large nostrils and curling lappets to either side, filled with niello inlay. On the underside is a triangular depression, perhaps for securing.Measures 29.63x11.41x5.85mm (internal dimensions of the frame 8.17x8.06mm) and weighs 2.99g.Cf. BH-9B4B78 on this database.
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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