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ID for harness buckle?

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Mayadigger:
Ave!

Copper alloy; 43mm/17.3gm

Well, it sort of looks like a buckle of some sort to me, anyway. LOL!

Era and use, please!

Best,

Kevin

SC:
This is part of a weird belt system.

Two of these, one attached to each end of the leather belt, were attached by an S-shaped piece, often with animal head ends.

I used to see them labelled as 6th-7th century, but Aleksander Stanev dates them to the 4th century and shows many find places in Northern Bulgaria in his 2012 book Elementi na germaskiya fibelen kostyum na yug to dunav (Germanic fibula and clothing elements from south of the Danube).

SC

Mayadigger:
Ave Shawn,

Something like this? LMK!

SC:
Yes, exactly.

SC

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