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Description: | A fragment of an Early Medieval copper alloy buckle. The fragment consists of one side of the broadly 'D' shaped buckle frame including part of the narrowed strap bar, the side edge and part of the moulded decoration of the wider end of the frame. The decoration is unclear and consists of a series of transverse grooves decorated with drilled pellets which could represent a stylised zooamorphic design. The reverse of the buckle is flat and undecorated. No exact parallel for this decoration had been found due to incomplete nature and the unusual decoration. The buckle is reminiscent of the Late Saxon copper alloy D-shaped buckle frames with Ringerike style decoration, but it is not of this style. It has therefore been dated as later Early Medieval, c. AD 850-1150 and is of probably Anglo-Scandinavian origin.The fragment is 25.7mm long, 13.6mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 2.95 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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