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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-777447
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Description: A complete early medieval silver buckle frame, oval with a flat reverse and rounded front and so roughly D-shaped in cross-section. The frame is chunky, measuring c. 6-7mm in width and c.7-8mm in thickness. It has a U-section groove forming a pin rest in the centre of its outer edge. The short bar is narrowed, particularly on the inner edge, and is covered in iron corrosion, presumably from the missing iron pin. There is also some iron corrosion on the reverse of the frame, underneath the pin rest. Otherwise the metal is a silvery grey in colour.
Dimensions: 31.40mm in width, 22.55mm in length, 7.57mm in thickness and 18.48g in weight.
Discussion and Date: This buckle frame is of Marzinzik's Type 1.5b, with massive oval frame and narrowed bar. Such buckles are most common in south-eastern England and date from the late fifth or sixth centuries AD (Marzinzik 2003, 23-24, 336-337, and plates 13-15).
Notes:
As this object is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T260
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 480
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.55 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 7.57 mm
Weight: 18.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2014T260
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Westley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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