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NMGW-658F92: Bucle frame (showing detail of animal head)

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: NMGW-658F92

Object type certainty: Certain
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Buckle frame fragment of Anglo-Saxon date, probably dating from the 5th to 8th century. The frame is broken at both ends and has a moulded animal head projection erupting from above the thinning of the frame at the junction with the bar. The buckle was probably D-shaped, and is originally likely to have had a buckle plate. The frame beyond the animal head is plain and of oval section. The animal head is asymmetrical about its width with incised eyes crowned on one side with transverse markings. The snout is dished on both sides and is angled upwards, possibly suggesting an open mouth biting on the bar. The underside of the buckle displays coarse file marks.

Notes:

The buckle can be paralleled with a slightly smaller example now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (MacGregor & Bolick, 1993; No 34.30, p200) and found associated with a male inhumation at Dorchester.

Class: D-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 799

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 5.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.11.9

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Rudford and Highleadon (Civil Parish)

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. 1993 A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Oxford Tempvs Reparatum 200 34.30

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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