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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon sleeve clasp of Hines form B18c, dating c. 500-600.The clasp is incomplete, with at least 50% missing. What remains is approximately 40%, consisting of a raise bar at the forward edge with moulded grooves interspersed across the width of the bar. The body behind this bar consists of conjoined roundels, of which the two remaining have a punched dot motif in their centre. Between the two roundels is a circular perforation, probably for sewing the clasp to fabric.No evidence remains to determine whether this clasp was the hookpiece or catchpiece.
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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