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Description: | A copper alloy possible buckle plate or strap end. The plate is a slender sub-rectangular in plan which has a broken narrow terminal which breaks across a rivet hole or hole for a buckle pin. The upper surface is decorated with a zig-zag design with the fields having incisied transverse grooves. The reverse is undecorated. There is a probable rivet hole filled with a copper alloy rivet at the opposite terminal to the broken edge. The surface of the plate has a mid green patina which is abraded and there are traces of red copper corrosion. The plate measures 32.37mm long and 7.54mm wide. It weighs 1.9g.The plate probably dates to the Medieval period, 13th to 15th centuries.
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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