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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-E83781
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) buckle. It has a D-shaped frame with a slightly recessed strap bar. Around this a simple plate is attached consisting of two retangular sections attached to one another with two strips at the fold, leaving a gap in the middle where a simple wire pin remains in situ. The two plates are secured with an in situ copper alloy rivet at each outer corner. It survives in fine condition with little damaged and a bright green patina.
The buckle belongs to Marzinzik's Typegroup II.19b, which comprises of buckles with rectangular copper alloy plates and dates to the early Anglo-Saxon period c. AD 450-720.
Length: 15.69mm, width: 11.77mm, thickness: 3.81mm, weight: 1.20g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.69 mm
Width: 11.77 mm
Thickness: 3.81 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 042
Other reference: NH 14-388
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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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