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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle and buckle plate. AD1250 - 1400. The buckle has a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The pin is missing. The outer edge of the buckle has a notched lip. The reverse is flat. The buckle plate is made up of a sheet of thin metal wrapped around the stap bar to make two plates which are joined by two rivits situated behind the strap bar. The front plate is tri-lobed with the two rivits and at the opposite end from the stap bar is a further rivit hole with the rivit missing. The rear plate is plan and smaller just containing the two rivits. The metal is a dark greenish-brown colour and is corroded. The plate has traces of gilding on the front surface.The buckle measues 16mm long, 34.3mm wide, 2.4mm thick. The plate measures 23.9mm long, 29.3mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The overall length of bucke and plate is 36.3mm and they weigh 9.48 grams.Similar type buckles can be see in WHITEHEAD (2003) pp 24.
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