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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-537F2E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy double-looped circular buckle frame of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. Only part of the frame and bar survive, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is oval in section with a flat back face. The front face is decorated with three evenly spaced expanded rosettes or trefoils. The frame between the rosettes is decorated with diagonal grooves. The frame has the remains of an integral central bar that is oval in section.
This buckle measures 43.85mm in diameter, 4.50mm in thickness, 10.19g in weight.
There is a similar example from Norwich (Margeson, 1993, p.29, no. 158).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 10.19 g
Diameter: 43.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: OKY 028
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Brome and Oakley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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