Buckle Tongue
Description
Tongue from a buckle. The tongue is cast and is D-shaped in section, curving towards the missing tip. At the other end, three incised grooves separate the tongue from a shield-shaped projection, on the reverse of which are the remains of the lug which would have attached the tongue to the buckle loop. This tongue derives from a type of early Anglo-Saxon buckle comprising a loop with a 'shield-tongue' attached, so-called because of the shield-shaped feature at the opposite end of the tongue to the tip.
Object number
NOLMS:2017.113
Object
Buckle Tongue
Production date
6th century
Period
Early Medieval / Early Anglo-Saxon
Material
Silver
Technique
acs
Dimensions
Length: 24.8mm
Width: 8.9mm
Depth: 4mm
Weight: 3.57g
Width: 8.9mm
Depth: 4mm
Weight: 3.57g
Provenance
CROWLE
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