Buckle with studs
description
A copper alloy buckle with iron buckle plate.
Inlaid with silver wire in an in-filled double border (ladder pattern) and, internal to this, a regular pattern (four rows of four) of round-sectioned gold studs.
The buckle was located near the left shoulder of the in situ burial skeleton, although it is possible that it was disturbed (and possibly re-placed) from the earlier burial.
Other information & metadata
Site location: Hanover Firs, Sapperton, Gloucestershire
Project type: Archaeological excavation
Site type: Multiperiod site
Discovery context: Grave
Link:
Living Near the Edge: Archaeological Investigations in the Western Cotswolds along the route of the Wormington to Sapperton Gas Pipeline, 2006 – 2010 – CA monograph
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Dimensions
Height (buckle): 13.6mm
Height (plate): 10.9mm
Width (buckle): 9.6mm
Width (plate): 8.5mm
Thickness (buckle): 2.3mm
Thickness (plate): 1.2mm
