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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7C36B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast Copper-alloy buckle frame of Early-Medieval date. It is oval shaped in form and circular in section with a slightly narrowed and straightened bar but missing the pin due to old breaks. The entire object measures 27.69mm in width/height, 19.04mm in length, 4.76mm in thickness, and weighs 7.62g. This buckle is similar in form to Marzinzik's Type I.10d-ii buckle frames (Marzinzik, 2003: pp. 31) and dates to the Early-Medieval period, c. 400-720 AD. The object is corroded and has a mid-green powdery surface. See: SF-3C3472, SF-93F0E, SF-5A7A56, and especially SF-93E684.
Length 19.04mm, width 19.04mm, thickness 4.76mm, weight 7.62g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.04 mm
Width: 27.69 mm
Thickness: 4.76 mm
Weight: 7.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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