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Early Medieval buckle
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Early Medieval buckle
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English: A large copper-alloy D-shaped single-looped buckle frame dating from the 9th to 12th century. The ends of the buckle frame are in the form of beast's heads biting the bar. They are clearly modelled with eyes, ears and jaw strongly defined. The strap bar is missing. The outer edge of the frame is D-shaped in cross-section and swollen. It has a length of 29.82mm, width 8.08mm, thickness 8mm, weight 15.13g.

For reference see Meols page 72 number 311, Hinton in Biddle 1990 (Winchester) no. 1110 (from an 11th- to 12th-century context) and Margeson 1993 (Norwich Households) no. 127 (from a late 11th/early 12th-century context).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wakefield
Date between 1000 and 1200
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 283233
Old ref: SWYOR-C94F75
Filename: PAS_782_large_buckle.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/234315
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/234315/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/283233
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