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Description: | A copper alloy cast single loop oval buckle and attached buckle plate (damaged) also of copper alloy. The buckle has two lobed knops either side of four sets of transverse ridges on its curved outer edge. The plate is made from a thin copper alloy sheet folded in half forming a loop for the bar of the buckle while a slot has been cut out for the pin, which is now missing. The plate may have had two rivets although neither survives; two damaged holes may indicate their setting. One side of the plate is decorated with an unclear design, possibly a mythological or fantastical style design often seen on buckle plates of this period. The plate may have been gilded however no trace of this survives. The buckle style dates from c. AD 1250-1400 while mythological plate designs are thought to date from c. AD 1350-1450 (Whitehead 2003:21-22), so a date of c. AD 1300-1400 is probably accurate for this example.
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