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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle plate. The attachment end of the plate is missing. The remaining plate is rectagular with separate large dome headed rivets at the outer corners. The edge at the end of the plate is slightly incurved. There is an incised line along each edge. The Plate is decorated with an incised design of a beasts's head on a long neck. The head has a pointed face with an open mouth and a pointed oval eye. There is a small ponted ear or crest at the top of the head. The head is decorated with stamped triangles. The upper part of the long neck is slander and expands as it curves diagonally across the plate towards the broken edge. The upper part of the neck is decorated with incised horizontal lines, the spacing of which decreases from top to bottom. Below this the neck is decorated with rows of small stamped triangles (as on the head). The back of the plate is undecorated.Date: Medieval - c.1250 - 1400Dimensions: 26.09 mm x 22.48 mm x 0.70 mmWeight: 2.79 g
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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