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Description: | A cast copper alloy single looped trapezoidal buckle of probable Early Medieval date dating to 12th to 13th centuries. The buckle is incomplete due to a missing pin. The frame has a zoomorphic terminal of a possible stylised animal head consisting of two vertical raised mouldings to represent the eyes and two further vertical raised mouldings at the outer edge to represent a snout. The buckle has a narrowed strap bar. The frame is decorated with irregularly spaced design of punched ring-and-dot motif on the upper face and the opposing face is flat and undecorated. The frame has a mid-brown even patina across both faces.There are also parallels on the PAS database, discovered in Wiltshire with a similar motif (WILT-9ACCCC). Another example of a similar date has been discovered in Norfolk (SF-3868F6). A buckle with a similar punched dot decoration can be found illustrated in Margeson (1993:p.26 fig13 no.128). This example is dated to 12th to late 13th century.The buckle measures 28.1mm long, 28.02mm wide, is 3.23mm thick at its widest point on the frame and weighs 6 grams.Margeson, S., 1993. Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. Norwich: Norwich Survey/Norfolk Museums Service
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