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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF3883
Object type certainty: Certain
Unusual rectangular buckle frame made of copper alloy and now in two pieces (very recent break). One side is missing (fairly recent break); the surviving side is a low triangle in section, 5.5 mm wide, and has a rudimentary animal head at either end. The animal heads have a moulding at the junction with the side, with two blind-drilled holes with a notch in between representing the ears; there is no attempt to delineate other features. At right angles to one head the outer edge emerges, 3 mm wide with a projecting grooved pin rest in the centre and a break at the other end. At right angles to the other head the bar originally emerged, but has now broken off; this is also 3 mm wide. The animal heads are similar to those on a range of strap-ends and buckles found in York and Norwich (e.g. Margeson 1993 no. 227), but these are generally for straps of c. 10 mm wide of less whereas this buckle could have taken a strap of over 15 mm. Total surviving width 25 mm, length 30.5 mm, total weight of the two fragments 5.87g.
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 750
Date to: AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 25 mm
Weight: 5.87 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Suffolk Coastal
To be known as: SUFFOLK CULPHO
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Helen Geake
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Identified by: Dr Helen Geake - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Monday 13th November 2000
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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