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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy wrist clasp. The surviving part of the clasp is too small to tell whether it represents the hook-piece or the catch-plate. The clasp is formed from three undecorated flat squares, joined together by bars with two moulded ridges. Only one of the squares survives, as the other two have broken off. Extending out from the square is the remains of the rounded lug of attachment, now also damaged. It is pierced so that they can be sown into place. This wrist clasp dates broadly to the 6th century AD. Similar clasps can be seen in EAA report 84, p23, 23.1.
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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