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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SOM-DB8641
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops with flat backs and inner sides and rounded outer sides. The strap bar is narrowed. At the centre of each outer edge are three incised lines, the inner straight and the outer lines angled outwards. It is 31.9mm long, 26.8mm wide and 2.3mm thick, it weighs 4.00 grams in total.
A similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993:30, no.164) from a 17th century context , although with only one incised line rather than three, it is likely similar simple forms were in use by c.1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1993:22, 82-3, cf no.332).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1350
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22026
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Wembdon
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 | |||
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology |
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