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Unique ID: NLM176
Object type certainty: Probably
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Fragment of a cast copper alloy strap end buckle of lyre shape. What survives is the integral, box type plate the face of which is an incised black letter P set on a field of incised, conjoined, chevrons. The plate was separated from the lyre shaped buckle by a deep transverse groove marked by two mouldings. Through the plate are the remains of two iron rivets. Length 27.4mm, Width 20.6mm, Thickness 6.0mm, Mass 11.63mm.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Source record refers to LVPL-63D2C8 as a comparator, citing dating of 1390-1420. Dating completed and amended from 'Medieval 1350-1450' to 'Medieval [late] 1390-1420'. Drawing ref. amended from NLPS 0194 to NLPS0194 following prevailing convention..
Class: Strap end
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1390
Date to: AD 1420
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.4 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 11.63 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd October 1997
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Other reference: NLPS0194
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Incomplete
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