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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-896CC2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy trapezoidal buckle frame of Medieval date. Only the frame end survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is D-shaped in section with an expanded outer edge. There is traces of gilding on the front face. The back face is flat and undecorated.
This buckle frame measures 11.10mm in length, 14.49mm in width at the outer edge, 7.02mm in width at the attachment end, 1.08mm in thickness, 0.51g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.1 mm
Width: 14.49 mm
Thickness: 1.08 mm
Weight: 0.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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