Historical Artifacts

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Ostrogothic silver belt buckle, found in Crimea, Ukraine, 6th-7th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've learned to call something shaped like the piece on the left a penannular. (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=penannular+cloak+pin&iax=images&ia=images) And have used them to pin together the two sides of a cloak's collar. I'm not sure how the piece on the right would be used.

[–] PugJesus 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The right bit is a tongue rest for the belt buckle with a stylized bird head.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the bird's beak is not a functional hook?

[–] PugJesus 4 points 2 months ago

Not sure if it's functional or not. British Museum describes it as:

The gilt-silver buckle has a rectangular plate with a bird's head terminal in profile, scrollwork decoration and green glass inlays. The loop is oval, the tongue is hollow and has an animal-head terminal.