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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMS-75BB29
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Late Saxon (Anglo-Scandinavian) D-shaped copper alloy buckle frame decorated in the 'English' Ringerike style. The sides and outside edge are composed of a pair of animals, to be viewed in profile with their mouths gripping the ends of the bar. On the outside edge the animals terminate in scrolls flanking a pin notch and linked to a central foliate motif. The animals' eyes are blind-drilled holes and both have collar-like pairs of transverse engraved lines at the neck. Their ears are elongated with lobed terminals, one of which is missing through damage or miscasting (there is a void on the reverse at this point). The central knop of the foliate motif is incomplete because of a recent break.
A close parallel is a buckle from Upper Thames Street, London (Thomas 2001; Kershaw 2010, part 2, fig. 5), which differs in minor details such as its upturned snout.
Extant length 27.5mm. Width 34mm. Thickness 2.6 - 3.5mm. 11th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th June 2014 - Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 44066
Other reference: AMD072014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Haveringland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1520
Four figure Latitude: 52.7348659
Four figure longitude: 1.18310938
1:25K map: TG1520
1:10K map: TG12SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kershaw, J. | 2010 | Viking-Age Scandinavian art styles and their appearance in the British Isles Part 2: Late Viking-Age art styles, Datasheet 43 | Oxford | Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 | 4 | 5 | |
| Thomas, G. | 2001 | Vikings in the City: a Ringerike-style buckle and related artefacts from London | London | London Archaeologist Association |
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