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buckle
;
rivet
Object Type
buckle
rivet
Museum number
1995,0102.447
Description
Cast high-tin copper alloy buckle: square loop of rectangular section, narrow bar for attachment of tongue, which is missing. Loop is damaged on one side and has marked groove to accommodate presumably curved tip of tongue. Amorphous organic remains present. Also two cast high-tin copper alloy shoe-shaped rivets and pierced lugs on the underside, both broken.
Cultures/periods
Anglo-Saxon
Production date
5thC(late)-7thC(early)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Canterbury Archaeological Trust
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Buckland (Dover)
, Grave 331 Cemetery
Materials
copper alloy
tin
Technique
cast
tinned
pierced
Dimensions
Length:
22 millimetres
(rivet)
Length:
26 millimetres
(rivet)
Weight:
38.50 grammes
Width:
31 millimetres
(loop)
Bibliographic references
Parfitt and Anderson 2012 / Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Dover: Excavations 1994
(418)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Orbit Housing Association
Acquisition date
1995
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1995,0102.447
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
SF.483