Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-6AD776
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible buckle fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. A tapering cast curving oval section bar, presumably taken as part of the loop of a large decorated buckle. One end is collared, with a continuation apparently lost to a ragged break. The surface bears incised comma-shaped grooves, larger [length 6mm] and smaller [length 2.5mm] accompanied by finer feathered groups of incised strokes. The larger cuts may have been apt to receive niello or silver inlay, though none remains. The surface decoration encourages the finder to suggest an early medieval, Anglo-Saxon, date. A possible alternative identification might be as a weathered fragment of a Roman trumpet brooch. Suggested date: probably Early Medieval, 750-850.
Length: 31mm, Width/Thickness (at collar): 8.8mm, Weight: 5.54gms
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 850
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 8.8 mm
Weight: 5.54 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
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Other reference: NLM37001
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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