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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval buckle plate dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. Only the front plate of the composite plate survives. There aretraces of solder on the reverse where the spacer and the backplate were attached. The plate is sub-rectangular with a concave end at the frame end, and a rounded attachment end. The sides taper slightly towards the attachment end. There is a circular hole 3.4mm diameter for the pin, and two copper alloy rivets survive, one on each side of the hole. The plate is decorated with a pair of untidily incised lines that run the length of the plate in the centre. Oblique double lines separate the hole and rivets from the rest of the plate. Further single oblique lines divide the areas on each side of the centre line into triangles. Alternate triangles are filled with rocker-arm or short dashed lines. The plate is in good condition and has a smooth green patina. It is 55.3mm long, 19.82mm wide, 4mm thick (across the rivets), 0.9mm thick across the plate, and 4.88g.
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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