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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-73E358
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy Early Medieval to Medieval buckle, dating to AD 1000-1200. It consists of a narrow strip of metal, which has an angled and pointed oval cross-section. It has a curved profile in plan, although it might have suffered some post-depositional bending. The outside face bears an integral projecting animal head set at 45 degrees to it. The animal head has the moulded details of the muzzle, eyes and the ears; the latter are attached to the strip.
A parallel is known from Fincham, Norfolk (Ashley 2016, no. 29; NHER 25501), suggested as possibly being from a sword belt. A similar buckle frame with expanded heads at the ends of the pin bar is known from Bromholme Priory, Bacton (NHER 1073; Ashley 2006, 106; fig.1, no. 5; Ashley 2016, no. 32). See alsoSOM-2DF11A on this database.
Width: 13.43 mm
Thickness: 2.21 mm
Weight: 3.24 g
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 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 13.43 mm
Thickness: 2.21 mm
Weight: 3.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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