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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-E647D6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy and tin post-medieval double loop decorated buckle. Both loops are D-shaped with small knops protruding from each outer corner and a large sexfoil in the centre of each outer side and to either side of the central bar. Both faces are flat and tinned. The pin is missing, but there is traces of iron corrosion around the bar.
Decorated double loop buckles of this form are early post-medieval in date. It is similar to PAS record: SUSS-F14243 from East Sussex.
Length: 50.68mm, width: 33.55mm, thickness: 3.14mm, weight: 11.89g
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.68 mm
Width: 33.55 mm
Thickness: 3.14 mm
Weight: 11.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th November 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin 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: Badley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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