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Medieval copper alloy buckle
Large buckle with gilded decoration, incised decoration and triangular bow. Traces of leather survive on reverse. Three rivets on the main plate. The incised decoration on the plate consists of the series of parallel incised lines forming a criss-cross/diamond pattern. Each line is filled with a zig-zag pattern.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.25H/3.19
Find Information
Site Name: Hen Domen, Powys
Grid Reference: SO 213 980
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: Archive and collection from excavations at the Medieval site of Hen Domen, Montgomeryshire 1960-1992
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
length / mm:46.7 (plate)
width / mm:23.9 (plate)
length / mm:48.6 (overall)
width / mm:49.7 (overall)
thickness / mm:7.2
weight / g:27.7
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
gilded
Location
In store
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