buckle; shoe (?); horse-harness (?)

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buckle; shoe(?); horse-harness(?)

Object Type: buckle; shoe (?); horse-harness (?)
Museum number: 1923,0716.124
Description: Copper alloy buckle: oval faceted loop, faceted tongue and semicircular plate with flanged edge; folded flap attachment with back-plate; three silver sheeted dome-headed rivets (most of the silver now missing); from shoe or horse-harness? Andrási 2008 Copper buckle, with semicircular attachment-plate with a flanged edge. Oval loop and semicircular-section tongue. The semicircular attachment-plate is of copper. The front plate has a flanged edge projecting from the back. The front and back-plates are linked by a folded flap attachment and were made from the same sheet. The folded flap attachment is rectangular with a slot cut into the sheet to accommodate the buckle-tongue. The back-plate is cut to the same size and shape as the front. There are three copper dome-headed attachment-rivets on the front plate, each with a silver sheet overlay on the head. The ends of the rivets are flattened to fasten the back-plate and grip the leather. The loop is oval with a circular section. It narrows from the centre towards the ends, where it is secured by the folded flap attachment. The tongue is semicircular in section with a pointed end bent over the loop and a plain base. It is attached by folding the base around the loop.
Cultures/periods: Sarmatian (?); Hun (?)
Production date: 4thC-5thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Russia (Europe) (?;south); Found/Acquired: Ukraine (?)
Materials: copper alloy; silver
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 28 millimetres; Weight: 7.11 grammes; Width: 23 millimetres
Curator's comments: Andrási 2008 The original photograph of the collection does not show this object. 1923,0716.123 & 125-6 are similar buckles, but made of silver and with loops of octagonal section. Shoe-buckle, or from a horse-harness?
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: The back-plate is imperfect.
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Mme Beliavsky; Purchased through: Alexandre Volgeninoff
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1923
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1923,0716.124

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