DENO-8922E6: Medieval buckle; buckle plate with lion

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: DENO-8922E6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval buckle plate; cast copper alloy buckle plate of probable 13th or early 14th century date. The plate is roughly square with a raised design of a beast, probably a lion, advancing left with all legs on the ground. Beyond the decorated panel the buckle plate has a narrow, plain border which extends at the terminal end with the remains of two strips which would have been rolled to hold the pin bar of the buckle frame. These are now broken away. The plate is undecorated on the reverse. It has a rivet hole in each corner at the attachment end, the lower of which still retains its rivet. Length 25.3mm, width 19.2mm, thickness of plate 2.5mm, thickness of rivet 5.1mm, weight 3.73g Refs: Egan and Pritchard ‘Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London’ (pp. 111-112, no. 500) Griffiths, Philpott and Egan ‘Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast’ (pp. 106-107, nos. 851 & 852)

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.3 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th October 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: DERBY E6253

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Kelham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	pp. 111-112	no. 500
Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G.	2007	Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast	Oxford	Oxford University School of Archaeology	pp. 106-107	nos. 851 & 852

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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