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Description: | A copper alloy buckle dating to the late Saxon period. The buckle is broadly D-shaped in plan with a integral straight strap bar and rounded outer frame. The edges of the frame expand past the strap bar, forming terminals and there is a rounded and thickened expansion in the centre of the outer frame, forming a zoomorphic head with raised 'eyebrows' and 'snout', possibly to represent a snake.Underneath is a notch for the pin and on the strap bar is a notch where the pin would have been positioned. The animal heads are of the Borre style. On part of the frame there are incised circles which may have originally covered the whole frame but it is badly abraded. The strap bar is rectangular in section whilst the outer frame is broadly oval in section. It measures 26.45mm in length (head to terminals), 20.52mm in width, 2.03mm in thickness and weighs 3.24g. The pin is missing and the frame has a grey-green patina. There is iron corrosion and the remains of a bar in the perforations of the terminals.Similar buckles are recorded on this database; e.g. SF7560, SF-9F02E3, SF-79DAF8, SF-76F478 and CORN-EC5F13.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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