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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-A46B88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and very worn rectangular copper-alloy Medieval buckle plate of folded sheet type. Only the front plate survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
The plate is flat. The frame end is recessed to accommodate the frame and has a rectangular pin slot. The front face is decorated towards the frame end with two transverse grooves. There is a central circular rivet hole at the frame and attachment end. One still contains a separate copper-alloy rivet with a flattened round head.
This buckle measures 38.55mm in length, 10.35mm in width, 0.79mm in thickness, 1.53g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.55 mm
Width: 10.35 mm
Thickness: 0.79 mm
Weight: 1.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barking
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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