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Description: | An Early Medieval copper alloy wrist clasp dating to the fifth-sixth centuries.It is an example of Hines type B12 clasp-half,and is a hookpiece with a T-shaped bar. It is 37.28mm long, with plain rectangular bars at the top, centre and bottom, separated by two areas of horinzontal grooved line decoration. There are two projecting loops or spiggots which are cast in with the bar.They each have a cental hole for attachment,and project from the top and bottom of the clasp-half .The projection from the central bar which forms the T shape is 12mm in length and ends in a small rectangular knop, bent under. (see Hines, 1993, fig.75,b for an example with a similar projection). This clasp-half has an integral, recessed hook-element, consisting of a slender rectangular bar, 2.70mm thick, which forms a very narrow slot, of less than 1mm against the front edge.It is 14.01mm in width, and weighs 7.94g | 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 | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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