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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy buckle with attached plate or strap end. The buckle measures 11.50mm across x 9.60mm from bar to front of frame. It is 2.52mm thick at the widest point, 1.50mm where the frame meets the bar. The buckle is D-shaped. The hinge of the pin is in place, wrapped around the bar, but the pin itself is missing. The plate is 20.68mm in length (the end that would be attached to the strap is bent back wards) and 9.77mm in width at its widest. Overall length is 27.93mm.The plate, or strap end is a metal sheet, not quite folded in half around the bar of the buckle. The plate being step-cut to fit around the bar and within the buckle hoop. The lower plate of this is slightly narrower than the upper plate and tapers slightly. Both upper and lower plate finish in a finial or knop. The upper plate is longer than the lower but is now bent back across it.The upper plate has an incised transverse linewith slightly raised edges just below the pin cut and there are two rivet holes. one at each edge. just below this line. Of the two corresponding holes in the lower plate, one has broken at the outer edge of the plate.The buckle and plate have a dull grey green patina. It weighs 2.37g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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