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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HAMP-2B3E17
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A bent and corroded part of a cast copper-alloy sheet plate from a buckle of uncertain date. The object is sub-trapezoidal in shape. It tapers gradually from a width of 10.8mm at the attachment end to 7.0mm towards the terminal, beyond which the sides curve to a (now abraded) rounded terminal. At the opposite end there is an off-centre tab; the tab on the other side has been lost. This is a pair of rivet holes at the frame end with a third hole central at the terminal. The object has corroded to an orange-brown colour, with large patches of light-green and off-white corrosion product. The plate has been bent in profile, downwards particularly at the frame end.
Class: plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.55 mm
Width: 18.35 mm
Thickness: 0.95 mm
Weight: 2.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th December 2010 - Thursday 20th January 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2783
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Kings Worthy CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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