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Description: | Cast copper alloy post medieval clothing fastening with a central circular boss, trapizoid loop and, unusually, a complete hook. The central boss is 11.9mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and worn; it has a outer, flat ring decorated with short radiating lines; the central raised section may be decorated with the letter 'ihs' (for Jesus), although this is too worn to be certain. The back of the boss is mostly flat with an off centre slightly concave oval area.
The fastening loop is trapizoid, 11.1mm wide where it meets the loop and 12.8mm wide at the outer edge, the bar itself is 1.5mm wide and 0.9mm thick. The hook is curled backwards in a spiral, over more than a complete circle, and comes to a point; it is D-shaped in section; 3.1mm wide where it meets the boss, narrowing gradually to the end; it has been bent slightly off to one side.
The entire piece is 26.1mm long, 12.9mm wide, 6.3mm thick and weighs 1.8 grams.
See Read (1988) page 94, No.7 for a similar example | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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