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Description: | A copper-alloy folding strap clasp of late 13th to early 15th century AD date. The object is intact and only slightly damaged. It has a folded rectangular plate measuring 25.5mm long by 12.7mm wide and 0.2mm thick. The upper face of the plate has horizontal incised line decoration on the half closest to the frame. The plate is folded around the axis bar of the frame and would have originally been held in place by a single rivet at the centre of the vertical edge furthest from the frame. The frame itself is square. It measures 15.5mm on its side. The folding end is wrapped around the top edges of the frame. It has a scalloped edge and, above this, a raised horizontal ridge. Overall, the clasp measures 43.9mm long by 15.9mm high and 4.1mm thick. It weighs 5.86g.
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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