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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-C5501E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy possibly Post Medieval double looped buckle, dating to AD 1500-1650. It consists of a flattened oval buckle frame, which has bevelled edges and a series of pairs of transversal ribs decorating the outer face. In profile the buckle has a slightly crescent shape. The bar has still traces of iron corrosion for the pin, which is now missing. At one end of the frame there is an extending zoomorphic element, rappresenting an animal head.
The style of the buckle is similar to the examples in Whitehead (1996, nos. 387-389). The PAS database has several similar examples, some of which have been dated Medieval: WMID-6C1F33, SF-165D23.
Length: 36.88 mm
Width: 14.60 mm
Thickness: 3.96 mm
Weight: 5.00 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.88 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 3.96 mm
Weight: 5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 086
Other reference: Finder reference SS15 291
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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