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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy catch-piece from an Anglo-Saxon sleeve or wrist clasp of Hines Class B12 (Hines 1993, 46-49).This catch-piece is formed of a cast bar alone, this bar is measures 32.81mm in length and 7.24mm in width, the central integral catch element projects from the centre of the inner edge of the bar. Projecting from the rear edge opposite the catch element there is a T-shaped spiggot cast in one with the bar, when including this the bar measures 23.09mm in width. The bar also has a sewing lug projecting from the inner edge of each of the terminals. The bar is decorated on its front face. The terminals consist of square raised panels, which have an incised cross and white metal coating on them. There is also a square panel with an incised cross and white metal coating in the centre of the bar. Between the terminals and the central panel the bar is decorated with two parallel transverse mouldings A very similar hookpiece has been discovered in Freckenham, see SF-0519E5 and in Cambridgeshire (Hines 1993, 47, fig 90, c). Clasps of this type are concentrated in and around East Anglia and are generally datable to the 6th century (Hines 1993, 46-47).
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