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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Early-Medieval date. The object is the plate of the buckle which is sub-rectangular, with a D-shaped section and elaborate zoomorphic decoration on the upper surface. The decoration depicts a forward facing animal head with prominent semi-circular ears, beneath which are sloped pointed ovate eyes and a wide snub snout. The area between the eyes and snout is waisted with horizontal moulded ridges. Two ovate suspension loops project from just above the ears, each with iron corrosion throughout partly masking off-central perforations by which the buckle proper would have been suspended. The reverse is flat and decorated with a slight recess to the snout end in which an indentation, presumably the remains of a rivet hole, can be seen.The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The plate is 29.4mm long, 11.2mm wide, 5.3mm thick and weighs 5.5g.A similar object has been recorded on the PAS database as: YORYM-827E5B.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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