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Description: | One half of a copper-alloy sleeve/wrist clasp. The possible hook or catch element of this wirst clasp is now missing so it is no longer clear which half of it we have. This wrist clasp is of Hines Form B18 (1993, 59-62). It consists of a bar only, measuring 38.9mm in length and with a rear edge shaped with four cojoined rounded knobs. The bar measures 5.9mm in width alone and 13.9mm including the shaped rear edge. Inbetween the bases of each rounded knob, there are three circular lugs for sewing, each measuring 2.5mm in diameter. The front face of the bar is decorated with transverse grooves. No decoration can be seen on the shaped rear edge. The back face is smooth and undecorated.
This wrist clasp is Anglo-Saxon and late 5th or 6th century in 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: | 450
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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