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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-6DE804
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end or buckle plate. The plate consists of a triangular openwork frame with one semicircular and two sub-triangular apertures separated by sub-rectangular sectioned bars, terminating in a stylised animal head. Two rivet holes at attachment edge, one retaining a copper alloy rivet, and one empty rivet hole before terminal. The outer edges of the frame are decorated with closley spaced transverse grooves. The back-plate is missing.12th century. Length: 48mm, width: 19mm.
For similar examples see: PAS database: NCL-556872, NCL-554FB3, SF4270 and SF7873, an example from a late 13th-century context in Canterbury (Garrard, I.P. and Henig. M. in Blockley et al. 1995, 1063, fig. 459, F655), and an examle from Thornham, Norfolk in Ashley (2006), 106. Fig. 1, no.3.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th August 2012 - Wednesday 26th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42550
Other reference: DDMD092012
Materials and construction
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley, S. | 2006 | Recent finds of Anglo-Norman 'High Status' Objects from Norfolk, | Norwich | Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society | 106, fig.1, no.3 | ||
| Garrard, I.P. and Henig, M. | 1995 | Other objects of copper alloy and silver | 1063 | F655 |
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