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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy hasp, 41mm in length and 14mm in width at its widest point. The incomplete end is rectangular in plan and is decorated with two transverse mouldings, it has semi-circular cross-section; a flat back face and a convex front face. The complete surviving terminal is in the shape of an animals head, which is roughly triangular in shape and cross-section. The head is 26mm in length, with two small oval shaped ears protruding from each side of the head. The eyes cannot be seen and the snout tapers and is square ended, with a transverse groove across its tip to represent the mouth. The start of the snout has a transverse circular perforation through it. The whole of this probable hasp has corroded iron attached to it, and possibly running through it. A similar, although larger and more complete hasp, has been found in Little Oakley, Essex and was examined by Leslie Webster and Susan Youngs, of the British Museum, they identified the object as a hasp, fastening onto something, possibly a securing rod for a book. They believed that it is 8th to 9th century in date and middle Anglo-Saxon. As this example is so similar it is likely to have a similar function and to be of a similar date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 700
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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