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Description: | Cast copper-alloy book clasp; incomplete. Fragment of copper-alloy plate hinged two lugs on plate with copper-alloy axis bar. The large, sub-oval plate has a central hole (diameter: 3mm ) and a moulded transverse ridge running below the lugs and extending at either side of them. There are four circular stamps around the central hole and similar stamps around the perimeter of the hinged part, which has bevelled outer edges. The hinged part ends in a loop in the form of a stylised animal's head. The reverse is flat. Dark green even patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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