BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMS-470E28

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Romano-British/Early Saxon buckle frame of Hawkes and Dunning 1961 type IA with loop of D-sectioned pin around bar and lozengiform pellet between the jaws of the dolphins. The latter, decorated with a triplet of transverse lines and ring-and-dot eyes, have very large (incomplete) crests running from the heads around to the junctions with the bar, and emphasised by rows of multiple C-shaped stamped impressions. Apart from the damage in fresh condition. 23.5 x >25mm. Late 4th - early 5th century.

Class: Zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning Type IA

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 350
Date to: AD 450

Dimensions and weight

Length: 25 mm
Width: 23.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2007

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Ellen Bales - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Andrew Rogerson - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
To be known as: Brisley

Spatial coordinates

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]

References cited

Hawkes, S. C. and Dunning, G. C., 1961 Soldiers and Settlers in Britain, Fourth to Fifth Century, 5, pptype IA.

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