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Description: | A copper-alloy sleeve clasp of Hines form B10, dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period, c. AD 500-600.The clasp consists of a rectangular bar with two raised square panels, bridged by two slightly thinner rectangular panels of the bar, with a third raised panel missing. The raised box panels and bridge panel retain a silvered surface. The remains of a rectangular bracket for fixing the clasp to a garment can be seen emerging from the back edge of the lower panels of the bar. The base of the arms of a rectangular catch-plate can be seen emerging from the outer edges of the raised boxes.The reverse is undecorated.See NCL-516145 for a more complete example.
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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