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Description: | An incomplete and abraded buckle plate formed from a sheet of gilded copper alloy of probable medieval date (AD 1150-1400). The sheet is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and would have been folded around the offset bar of a single looped buckle frame. A small fragment of this frame survives with ornament bulbous knops on the corners of the frame. A single notch has been cut from the plate at the mid point - through here a rectangular buckle pin would have fitted. Both the upper and lower parts survive along with the remains of a leather strap held between them. The opposite end terminates in a corroded and torn edge. The upper surface of the plate has been unevenly divided into six rectangular panel arranged in a grid. At the mid point of each of the divided panels a pierced hole extends; two of the holes contain the extant remains of dome headed studs or rivets. The rivet through the central hole is much larger than the others. The entire upper surface is further decorated with a gilded surface. The lower plate of the buckle is undecorated and smaller - it terminates in a rounded edge which extends past the first row of rivets. Similar sheet metal strap plates are common on buckles dating to the later medieval period (1150-1600); however the presence of such a thickly applied surface suggests an earlier date within this period (1150-1400). A direct parallel has not been found.The buckle plate measures: 37.8mm length, is 26.5mm wide and maximum of 5.1mm thick (the sheet is 0.8mm thick); it weighs 12.13 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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