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Description: | An Early Medieval tinned copper alloy single oval buckle with two buckle plates dating to the period c.410 - 700 AD. The buckle frame is a thin oval in plan and D-shaped in cross-section, being flat to the reverse but otherwise rounded. The strap bar is narrowed with a circular cross-section. There are two zones of incised transverse lines on the surface of the outer edge, either side of the slightly worn pin-rest. The buckle frame measures 35.65mm x 17.35mm x 5.46mm, with internal loop dimensions of c.21.5mm x c.7mm.The two sheet-metal buckle plates are folded around the strap bar, either side of and recessed for the pin, to form the backplates. They each have a rivet hole in both the front and back plates for missing rivets, although the hole in one of the backplates is open due to some loss. It is possible that these buckle plates originally formed one plate that has been cut in a straight line down the centre. The buckle plates are 19.5mm long, 16.72mm wide, 0.70mm thick or 4.76mm thick from front to back plates.The copper alloy pin (22.84mm long), which is square in cross-section, is folded around the strap bar and extends towards the outer edge where it curves down, hugging the frame. The metal has an uneven dark green patina with traces of tinning all over.The frame, pin and the plates together are 34.65mm long, 9.25mm thick and weigh 19.69g.Similar buckle frames are illustrated with or without their buckle plates in Macgregor and Bolick (1993) pp194 -205. These buckles range from the sub-Roman period to the late 7th Century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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