File:Medieval 'lyre-shaped' buckle (fragment) (FindID 244286).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,410 × 2,669 pixels, file size: 432 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Medieval 'lyre-shaped' buckle (fragment)
Photographer
None, Julian Watters, 2009-01-20 13:47:05
Title
Medieval 'lyre-shaped' buckle (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy 'lyre-shaped' buckle or strap-end of late medieval date.

Only part of the frame remains. It expands in width towards the vertical outer side, which has an elaborate moulding on the outside. This moulding has a wide central lobe and two smaller flanking lobes. The upper suface contains six small circular depressions. A similar moulding is located on the outside of the one largely intact horizontal side.

The piece measures 39.6mm long, 33.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The weight is 6.98g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1390 and 1410
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1390-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1410-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 244286
Old ref: BH-5CF8B5
Filename: Med buckle 08 135 - 95.jpg
Credit line
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/199428
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/199428/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/244286
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:11, 1 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:11, 1 February 20171,410 × 2,669 (432 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BH, FindID: 244286, medieval, page 2686, batch sort-updated count 8629

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Medieval_%27lyre-shaped%27_buckle_(fragment)_(FindID_244286).jpg&oldid=526716143"