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Collection Item: Buckle

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Buckle
Object category
Anglo-Scandinavian
Description
Dyed green bone buckle cut from a single piece of bone. Decorated with four simple lines only. Brief description and illustration (figure 19.7) in Waterman, D 1959. pp. 91-92. ' the end is clsft, to a depth of 0.5 in. and for the full width of the plate, to recieve the end of the belt which was secured in place by a pair of bronze pins.' Tongue is missing, and although there is a hole bored through the width of the buckle to hold the tongue rivet in place, the pin is missing and the hole has split.
Production date start
866
Production date end
1066
Period
Anglo-Scandinavian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1948.617
Number of objects
1
ID
7484

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Bone (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 2.7 cm
Whole width 4.8 cm
Whole depth 0.7 cm

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Place
York