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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap clasp of Medieval date. Only the outer edge and part of the sides of the clasp survive, the remainder of the object now incomplete due to old breaks. The sides are rectangular in form and section, extending to the moulded outer edge of the frame. This is rectangular in form and has decoration in high relief on the front face depicting a crowned human head. The face is oval shaped in form with projecting triangular nose, narrow transverse oval shaped eyes and a transverse groove for the mouth. To either side of the face there is hair decorated with vertical grooves and terminating level with the chin in out-turned curls. The outer edge itself forms the crown and has multiple incised notches along its outer edge, as well as four evenly spaced circular perforations. The back face of the outer edge is flat and undecorated. This object measures 28.43mm in length, 19.31mm in width, 6.88mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 5.55g.This is an incomplete strap clasp of Medieval date. A near identical example is published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 568), as well as parallels noted from Suffolk (for example SF-A71F02 and SF-13A782). These indicate a probable date range in the late-13th to 14th centuries AD for the current example.
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