buckle
- Museum number
- 1856,1004.33
- Description
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Copper alloy buckle; circular closed loop; with rivet fixing; plain tongue.
- Production date
- 5thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS)
The McPherson Collection
3532 3560 below, MLA 56,10 4 series
Provenance Kerch, Krym obl., Ukraine
Excavated by Dr Duncan McPherson c. 1855 1856; an account is given in McPherson, 'Antiquities of Kertch and Researches in the Crimea and Bosphorus' London 1857a, summarised in McPherson, 'Narrative of his researches in the neighbourhood of Kertch in the Crimea', Arch. Journal XLV,65-70, 1857b in which volume (pp. 196 206) is a review of 1857a
Given by Dr Duncan McPherson
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Dating: A. Ajbabin, Archäologie und Geschichte der Krim in byzantinischer Zeit (Mainz 2011) pl. 27.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1856,1004.33