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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy annular/circular buckle frame and plate of folded sheet type of probable Medieval date. It is missing the attachment end of the buckle plate due to old breaks, now worn.The buckle frame is flat with a central narrowed rectangular bar. The front face is decorated with a border of rocker decoration. On the outer edge is a pair of opposing projections. One is rectangular, D-shaped in section with a circular aperture towards the outer edge. It measures 9.25mm in length, 3.70mm in width, 2.08mm in thickness. The other is rectangular, D-shaped in section and tapers slightly towards the outer edge. It measures 10.80mm in length, 4.27mm in width, 2.67mm in thickness. The copper-alloy pin is still present. It D-shaped in section, has an open loop and tapers to a point. This buckle frame measures 44.20mm in length, 26.34mm in diameter, 2.82mm in thickness.Attached to the frame is a rectangular buckle plate of folded sheet type. The frame end has a rectangular pin slot. The attachment end has a central rectangular projection with a central circular aperture. To either side are the remains of triangular projections. The front face of the plate is decorated with a border of rocker decoration. Directly behind the pin slot is a circular rivet hole through both plates. To either side of the rivet hole is a rectangular field defined by rocker decoration. Within this are at least three U-shaped rocker decoration motifs. Between the transverse field and the frame end are further longitudinal lines of rocker decoration. The back face is undecorated. This buckle plate measures 33.22mm in length, 20.83mm in width, 0.71mm in thickness.This buckle frame and plate measures 52.09mm in length and 9.66g in weight. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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