Record ID: NMS-8CE14A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Abraded fragment of a copper alloy openwork object, possibly a late Roman military buckle of Hawkes and Dunning 1961 Type IIB: the stump of one side of the frame, part of a transverse rib at the junction with the plate, two small round apertures and part of a larger rounded aperture. Extant length and width 23.6 and 17.5mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weight 2.12g. 4th - mid 5th century.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D0E063
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver asymmetric double-loop buckle frame, perhaps from a shoe or spur. One loop is rectangular and the other is D-shaped, with a pointed outside edge. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section, and the only decoration is an oblique groove at either outer corner of the rectangular loop; one of these grooves is now worn away at its outer end. The frame is thickened in the centre where it is drilled to take a separate bar, and the buckle is now bent up on either side of this hole, which is broken through to the reverse with the bar missing. The pin is also missi…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C868EA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual and complete Roman copper-alloy buckle with strap-slide. Oval frame (15.5 x 22.5mm) with pin-rest between pairs of oblique and transverse engraved lines, D-sectioned copper alloy pin with transverse rib at the springing of the loop, rectangular sheet buckle plate folded widthways (23 x 13.5mm) with pin-slot and dome-headed rivet at the attachment-end, the front part of the plate with twin notched in the terminal. Unusually, the buckle-plate retains a copper-alloy strap-slide adjacent to the pin (side-to-side width 20mm), with its rectangular overlapping ends between the fo…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3AF8B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment, probably from the edge of a Late Roman copper alloy military buckle plate of Hawkes and Dunning 1961 Type II A, with punched or drilled blind holes and openwork ornament. Weight 1.4g. Extant dimensions 11 x 15.7 x 2.8mm. c.350 - c.450.
Created on: Sunday 28th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-945D29
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Corner fragment of a Late Roman copper alloy military buckle plate with openwork ornament, of Hawkes and Dunning 1961, Type II A, with remains of an iron spindle in the two remaining pivot loops, which are engraved with longitudinal lines on the front face. One small round aperture and the almost round head of one arched opening and part of another have survived along with two punched dots. Extant length and width 14.8 and 14.9mm. Thickness 3.6mm. Such objects remained in use into the 5th century. c.300 - c.450
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B87905
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy zoomorphic Roman buckle. Single loop with narrower strap bar and outer loop moulded into the shape of two confronted "dolphins" with dorsal crests, developed into outward facing animal heads; probably birds, or very debased horses heads; - the latter being a more common type. The eyes of all four beasts are comprised of punched ring and dots, with wriggle-work decoration along the sides of the loops representing scales, and similar work on one of the bird heads representing feathers. Straight grooves running along the back of both of the birds' heads probably rep…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 28th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-EA02D6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Roman military copper alloy buckle plate, attachment-end missing. Four narrow loops, with three engraved lines on each, and corroded remains of iron pin and hinge for missing frame. Open-work body with three circular perforations, each at the end of a pair of longitudinal rectangular perforations chamfered on face with engraved lines between. There is an oblique break across the perforations where the attachment-end is missing. Extant length 38mm. Width 24mm. Weighs 8.58g. Hawkes and Dunning type II A (1961). Later 4th-early 5th-century AD.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 28th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-DCC1ED
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gilded silver buckle, probably of 11th- or 12th-century date. The bar survives complete, with some casting flaws producing cavities. It is oval in cross-section, 3mm thick and 4mm wide in the centre but 5mm wide at either end. Two stubs of the relief-decorated frame survive, both curving, implying that the frame was oval. They are also wider and a little flatter than the bar. The decoration seems to show animal heads biting the ends of the bar. What appears to be the upper jaw, on the exterior of the buckle frame, has a squared-off end decorated with a pa…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-7950A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy early Saxon garnet or glass-set, chip-carved buckle plate or belt mount. The rectangular shape of the fitting is delineated with a raised border with short flanges located on each end outside the border. There is a further inner border immediately inside the outer one with a continuous low relief rectangular beaded pattern on the surface. Set in each corner of this inner border is a hemispherical rivet head that protrudes through the full thickness to finish in a stub on the reverse side. In the centre of the front face is a rectangular cell that retains cracked and broke…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7FBE1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy buckle frame with rectangular frame and integrally cast plate. The frame is a long rectangle, now with slightly incurved top and bottom edges and an outcurved outside edge. The curves are very symmetrical and it seems that this was the original shape. The pin hole is in the centre of the inside edge and is now blocked with iron corrosion. Behind this is a narrower transverse moulding and then the rest of the short plate is made up of three long straight relief fronds. The central one is lozengiform and ends in a small boss; the most complete side one is narrow and long an…
Created on: Friday 22nd November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AFE476
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval silver double-loop buckle, both loops trapezoidal, flaring towards the outside edge. The trapezoidal-section frame has a sub-hemispherical knop projecting halfway along each outside edge, and likewise at the sides as an extension of the bar. The half-round section silver pin loops around the bar but now stops short of the frame, although it appears complete. Dimensions: 23mm long, 15mm wide, 1.8mm thick, weight 2.61g. Discussion: Similar buckles in copper alloy are shown in Whitehead (2003, 82-83), although there is no precise parallel. The use of …
Created on: Monday 19th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3A5549
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval silver double-loop buckle frame, plate and pin, The frame is circular, a quarter-circle in cross-section, with a central bar which is largely obscured by the plate but which appears to be square in cross-section and slightly recessed below the front face. The silver pin is D-shaped in cross-section, and decorated with two transverse engraved grooves near the loop, a short longitudinal groove over the loop, and a single transverse groove before the tip. The plate is made from silver sheet, now partly distorted. It is tongue-shaped, with sides ta…
Created on: Friday 14th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E0E476
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval copper alloy Limoges-style buckle plate dating to the period c. AD 1175 - 1225. Broken across the frame recess and with two rivet holes near the attachment end, one of which is worn through. The face is decorated with a fantastic beast rampant to sinister reserved on a field of blue enamel. The beast appears to have the head of a stag, the antlers pointing horizontally towards the back of the frame. It a long neck and four legs, each terminating in a three-toed foot. The front right leg is raised. The tail is short and pointed. The body retains two pointed oval fie…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A3EAEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late medieval to early post-medieval silver buckle or brooch pin. D-sectioned strip of silver, curled at one end to form a loop. The other end tapers to a point and is slightly hooked at the end to rest across the missing frame. There are longitudinal striations down the flat reverse. Dimensions: Length: 23.5mm, width: 3mm, thickness: 1.5mm, weight: 0.6g. Discussion: A number of similar pins, with no differentiation between loop and shaft, are known still in place on brooches or buckles. These include ESS-CDAE26 (2012T643), SF-46E894 (2018T540) and HAMP-1EEE20…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-AF138E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman or early medieval copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA dating to the period c. AD 350 - 450. C-shaped frame, with a bevelled edge and inwards curling terminals. It exhibits a symmetrical design consisting of two dolphins facing one another, their mouths separated by an oval moulding. At the point where the terminals begin to curl inwards there is a circular lug on both sides set at a ninety degree angle to the frame. See: Hawkes and Dunning, 1961, p. 50-57. Similar examples recorded on the PAS database include:DOR-DC649F & WILT-169D92.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-15E6BC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIa dating to the period c. AD 300 - 400. The fragment consists of approximately half of the frame, moulded in the form of one of, orginally two, confronting dolphins. The head forms the outer edge, with gaping jaws. The eye is depicted by a ring-and-dot motif. See: Hawkes and Dunning, 1961: 52, figs. 17-18).
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-693A46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman copper alloy military buckle of Hawkes and Dunning 1961, Type III B with remains of an iron pin and two iron rivets in the plate. Apart from the animal heads on the D-section frame there is no decoration and the plate is also plain. Small parts of both corners at the inside edge are missing. Length and width 30.5 and 43.2mm. Weight g. Mid 4th - 5th century. Field CAW9
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-AFCFFF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy buckle with integral plate, of Hawkes and Dunnings Type IIB dating to the period c. AD 350 - 450. The zoomorphic frame is moulded in the form of two confronted dolphins, mouths open with a lozenge shape between them. This forms the pin rest. On the reverse of the frame, either side of the pin rest, is a drilled blind hole. Each dolphin exhibits a ring-and-dot for the eye and a smaller, deeper ring and dot at the mouth. Running down the back of each dolphin is a crest or fin engraved with a series of diagonal lines. The tail of each dolphin is squared off …
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-464AF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Late Roman military buckle, part of oval frame comprising broken flat-sectioned outside edge with moulded animal head gripping the stump of one end of the broken narrowed pin bar. Extant length 26mm. Extant width 15mm. Hawkes and Dunning 1961 Type IIIA. A Late Roman type, which began in c.370 and continued to be used into the 5th century and perhaps in an Early Saxon context.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-658EB4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete late Roman copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawks and Dunning (1961) Type IB. It consists of a D-shaped frame with a narrowed strap bar to the rear. The frame is moulded in the form of two opposed dolphins, jaws open. Each dolphin exhibits a punched dot for the eye and a series of punched dots running down the body. Each of the heads is moulded in relief, with an incised groove to indicate the jaw line. Surmounting each of the heads is an opposed horse's head. Both horses exhibit a punched dot to indicate the eye and a series of engraved parallel lines for the mane. Both a…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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