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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap clasp dating from the medieval period. The clasp measures 44.72mm in length by 12.11mm in width by 5.74mm thick and weighs 3.16g. The rectangular plate is folded around the plain frame. Its proximal end is damaged on both sides and there is no sign of a rivet to hold the strap in place indicating that the plate must have been longer. One one side of the plate there is some incised decoration: three equally spaced transverse zigzags bounded by a line on each side. The narrow frame is damaged and distorted and appears not to have had a folding end. Strap clasps like these were in use between c. 1250 and c. 1450.
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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