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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-AE8085
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Late Roman to early Early medieval cast copper alloy military belt buckle fragment of Hawkes and Dunning Type IB. The object consists of part of the buckle frame, in the form of two dolphin meeting mouth to mouth, with two horses' heads emerging from the backs of the dolphins. The buckle was produced in an open cast, and C-shaped scale details were then punched onto the bodies of the fish and a row of Cs representing a dorsal fin onto the base of the horse heads. The same punch may have used to mark the horses' eyes. The marks of rough filing are visible on the reverse. This fragment would have been the part of the frame furthest from the bar, incorporating the pin rest. The rest of the frame is missing due to old breaks. It has a dark brown smooth patina, with a few small spots of orange or light green corrosion.
The fragment is 28mm long, 23mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 4.79g.
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Hawkes and Dunning Type IB
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 4.79 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stagsden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9849
Four figure Latitude: 52.130626
Four figure longitude: -0.569731
1:25K map: SP9849
1:10K map: SP94NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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