File:722 Late EArly Medieval buckle fragment (FindID 111404).jpg

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722 Late EArly Medieval buckle fragment.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2005-10-26 15:53:10
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722 Late EArly Medieval buckle fragment.JPG
Description
English: Cast copper alloy buckle fragment. The buckle is D-shaped with a triangular cross-section, the strap bar is narrowed and recessed. Only one side remains, this has a moulded beasts head biting onto the strap bar. The beast has large oval eyes and triangular ears, the snout is beak shaped and there is no detail for the mouth. The artefact is in a fair condition with pitting on the surface where corrosion has eaten away at it and has resulted in a patchy light green surface.
The style of the animal is reminiscent of the Ringerike and epically the Urnes style. Added to this A similar example was found during excavations at Goltho, Lincolnshire, dating this artefact to 1000-1100.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 1000 and 1100
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 111404
Old ref: GLO-F92BC1
Filename: 722 Late EArly Medieval buckle fragment.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/80360
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/80360/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/111404
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