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Description: | Cast copper alloy hollow rectangular object, gilt decorated on both sides. Presumably cast in two halves and fixed together, the item is now seperating along the horizontal axis.The upper surface has a corrugated appearance, with three oval depressions. The reverse is flat. Gilt scroll work decorates each of the depressions and along the sides. the reverse has what appears to have been a floral gilt image.One narrow egde has two 'tubes' protruding from the corners. The opposite end has two holes which appear to run parrallel to the protruding hollows, suggesting that another component ran through the object.Similar items in Read's Hooked Clasps and Eyes suggest a probable clothing fastener function, although no exact parallels can be found.
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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