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Eearly Medieval buckle
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2014-07-02 10:49:27
Title
Eearly Medieval buckle
Description
English: A complete copper alloy zoomorphic D shaped buckle frame, of Early Medieval dating (AD 1000 to AD 1100).

The object has a D-shaped frame which is oval in cross-section. The buckle loop is enlarged and tapers towards the strap bar which is off-set and narrowed. The outer face of the buckle frame has been decorated with a series of thin grooves (either straight or diagonal, respecting the shape of the loop). These are divided in the centre by a rectangular notch for the pin to rest measuring 3.85mm in width. Each end of the buckle frame is decorated with a stylised animal (dog or dolphin) head which grip the axis bar between their jaws.

The strap bar is rectangular in cross section, thinning at the central point. It measures 3.07mm in width and 2.31mm in thickness. The pin which remains attached to the strap bar consists of a single strip of copper alloy which has been bent around the strap bar forming a loop. The tip of the pin is missing. The rear of the object is smooth and undecorated.

The buckle has a smooth mid-brown patina however has been 'glazed' or waxed by the finder.

Several similar buckles have been recorded on the PAS database including: HESH-913D85, LVPL-AAE215, <a href="http://finds.org.uk/database/database/artefacts/record/id/230786">YORYM-023A40</a>, and KENT-A88102. They have all been attributed to the Late Anglo-Saxon period (1000-1100 AD).

Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date EARLY MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 625624
Old ref: LVPL-3D4846
Filename: LVPL-3D4846.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/475033
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/475033/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/625624
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