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Unique ID: NLM-88541E
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy buckle. A buckle plate comprising a folded and slotted straight-sided strip of thickness 0.7mm, slightly wider on the display side and now lost at its fold. A pair of dome headed rivets of head diameter 2.5mm and length 4.8mm passed through the inner [as worn] corners of the plate. The display face of the plate itself bear a rectangular field now of a contrasting buff tint to its reddish edges with a curvilinear motif reserved, now appearing bird-like. Spots of gilding remain on both sides of the plate. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300
Length: 16.7mm, Height: 14.2mm, Thickness (overall, clear of rivets): 3.7mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 2.15gms
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.7 mm
Height: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 2.15 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference: NLM41156
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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