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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-904E03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of an unusual Medieval rectangular buckle frame made from cut and folded thick sheet, with a (missing) separate central bar. The outside edge, all of one side and part of another are extant. The inside edge would have been an iron spindle within a sheet roller, set into holes through the two sides. The bar, also probably of iron, would have been set in similar holes and held a pin and sheet plate. The outside edge is wide and convex, and decorated with a median and several radial lines of rocker-arm engraving. Its inner part, which projects between the junction with the sides, is folded forward. Cf. two examples from London, Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 324 Kat. Nr. 229 and Abb. 325 Kat. Nr. 192. 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006 - Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34325
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Binham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fingerlin, I. | 1971 | Gürtel des Hohen und Späten Mittelalters | München | Kunstwissenschaftliche Studien Band XLVI | Abb. 324 Kat. Nr. 229 and Abb. 325 Kat. Nr. 192. |
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