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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-D69DC2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) to Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle fragment (c. 1000-c. 1300). The fragment is flat and roughly semi-circular in plan. The straight side is intact and there has been some loss of material due to breaks or corrosion around the curved side. At each end of the straight side there is a small pointed projection with an abraded break at the end. The front of the object is decorated with a curvilinear design. The rear face is flat. At the front there is decayed buff coloured patina in some of the crevices of the design. Part of the surface is covered with copper-alloy corrosion products and the remaining areas are a brownish red colour. The rear face has patches of a decayed buff patina, perhaps enamel, and copper-alloy corrosion products. The remaining part of the surface is pitted and is a brownish red colour which is similar to the front. 35.5 x 17.1 x 1.6mm. Weight: 2.20g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1000
Date to: Exactly AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.5 mm
Width: 17.1 mm
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-4-74
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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