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Description: | Copper alloy and iron book clasp. Rectangular sheet metal strip splayed and notched at one end (three notches) constricted to a narrow strip which is hooked backwards. At the notched end there is a circular depression through which is a wide-headed iron rivet. There is a smaller rivet further along (roughly in the centre of the clasp). The surface of the clasp is decorated with incised lines in 4 registers. 1: Longitudinal lines around a central rivet. 2: A lateral incised line with zig zag line above. 3: A lateral incised line with double diagonal lines above (x4). 4: A lateral incised line with zig zag line above. The back is undecorated with the ends of rivets visible. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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