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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is missing part of the frame end due to old breaks and both uper and lower plates have suffered from post-depositional corrosion. The plate is flat, rectangular in form with rectangular frame recessed and pin slot, the lower plate being slightly narrower, shorter and thinner than the upper plate. At the attachment end both plates are held together by two separately cast cylindrical copper-alloy rivets with flattened round heads. The front face of the upper plate has decoration comprising a slightly raised border with central zoomorphic motif surrounded by a recssed field. This is in the form of a standing quadruped facing towards the attachment end. It has a long, narrow tail that extends forwards over its back before turning outwards and flaring to a triangular terminal tip. The head of the creature is rectilinear with details obscured due to corrosion, and the animal appears to have one leg or arm raised towards the attachment end. Any additional decorative elements on the animal itself or within the surrounding field are now obscured due to post-depositional corrosion. This buckle measures 31.37mm in surviving length, 23.28mm in width, 5.88mm in total thickness at attachment end (including rivets; 1.18mm at upper plate, 0.57mm at lower plate), and 8.92g in weight.This is a decorative buckle plate of Medieval date. It finds parallels in a series of buckle plates noted from excavation in London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 500, 530), Winchester (Biddle, 1990: no. 1145), Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 135) and elsewhere. It is likely to date to the 13th century AD if not slightly later.
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