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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon sleeve or wrist clasp dating from the late 5th to 6th century (Hines 1993, 64-5), probably of Hines Form B18. It is a catch piece and consists of a broken rectangular loop projecting from the centre of the front edge of a longitudinal raised bar. The bar is decorated with transverse ridges and grooves. On the other side of the bar is a plate of five sub circular lobes. One end of the clasp is missing and there would probably have been seven lobes originally. Each has a deep depression in the centre, but is not pierced. Projecting from between the last two lobes is a further loop; this would have been used to sew the clasp to the garment. The reverse of the bar is hollow. The sleeve clasp has a grey green patina, and dates from the 5th or 6th century. Compare NMS-F3E494. A matching example, but also a catch piece has been found in the same field, a cemetery site: SWYOR-BA33E1.
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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