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Description: | Copper alloyPossible Clasp fragment. Cast plate with a rounded knop of thickness 4.4mm at the end of a lug projecting from a flat plate bearing a pair of transverse ribs. Between the ribs are three round holes, one of diameter 2mm and the others of diameter 4mm. Although the object is broken beyond the second rib, the edge of a further larger aperture is visible. The back of the object is flat and does not appear intended to be viewed, a feature relating this object to a range of buckles and fasteners.The terminal knop is robust enough to have functioned as part of a fastening system, and the ribs behind it may similarly have engaged slots or rebates. Some of the apertures may have served to attach this object to the end of a strap, though others may equally have been decorative, perhaps displaying the material of the strap.Suggested date: Possibly Medieval, 1300-1450.Length: 28.6mm, Height: 17.6mm, Thickness (clear of knop and ribs): 2.1mm, Weight: 5.39gms.
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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