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Description: | A complete copper alloy single looped oval buckle frame of the Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1250 - AD 1400.The frame is broadly D shaped in plan and in section. The outer edge has been decorated with three lobed knops which have been divided with two transverse ridges. The central knop has a circular depression slightly off centre, for the pin. There is an ovular lobed knop, which have been decorated with incised vertical lines, either end of a narrowed strap bar. There is a horizontal ridge at the top and bottom of the strap bar. The inside edges of the object are slightly bevelled. The reverse of the object is flat.The object measures 33.5 mm in length and is 20.6 mm wide. It has a maximum thickness (at the outer edge) of 5.4 mm and is 3.1 mm thick at the strap bar. It weighs 6.7 g.The object is a dark green in colour with an even patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. Other similar buckle frames have been published in Whitehead (1996), page 22 - 23, No 97 - 99. These have been dated from the 13th - 15th Centuries.ReferenceWhitehead, R. (1996) Buckles 1250 - 1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
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