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English: Early medieval buckle; cast copper alloy D-shaped buckle with triangular buckle plate. This buckle is of Anglo-Saxon style and probably dates from the 8th or 9th century. The buckle frame is D-shaped and of sub-oval cross-section. It expands and is thickest at the outer edge. The pin is a simple, tapering band of copper alloy with a decorative collar just before the pin bar. The buckle plate is triangular, tapering to an animal head terminal at the apex of the triangle. The animal head has notches carved out giving the impression of eyes and a snout. The back of the plate is shorter and thinner than the front. The plate is held together (and would have sandwiched the strap) near the pin bar with two large, circular rivets and there is a third rivet near the apex of the buckle plate to hold it to the strap. All three rivets are still present. The buckle plate is also decorated with incised line decoration which roughly follows the outline of the buckle plate, circling around the rivets and along the sides of the hinge. The buckle was gilt around the frame and along the front of the pin and buckle plate. Much of the gilding remains.

Length (total) 57.4mm, length (plate) 40.2mm, width (across buckle frame) 29.8mm, thickness (plate, inc. rivets) 7.1mm, weight 17.07g

Ref: compare the buckles in Marshall, parts 3 and 4 (pages 5-8), especially buckle 17 on page 6 and buckle plate 17 on page 8.