Accession No
1948.1361
Description
Copper alloy belt buckle with oval frame of circular cross section, much narrower on the pin bar. Hooked pin in situ.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1361; MAA: 2001.?
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
25mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Ref. Plate: XII No. 35 [? in Braybrooke, R.C. Neville, Saxon obsequies (London: J. Murray, 1852)]
Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Small belt buckle. Bronze spike still in position. Decorated with transverse grooving
Event Date 1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy belt buckle with oval frame of circular cross section, much narrower on the pin bar. Hooked pin in situ.
Event Date 19/7/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15869
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