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Description: | A cast copper-alloy folding strap clasp of Medieval date. It has a trapezoidal frame that is rectangular in form with a separately cast cylindrical bar it its outer edge. Hinging around the outer edge is a flat, rectangular folding end. This is decorated on its front face with a single band of rocker decoration close to the bar, followed by a separately cast rectangular bar mount that is D-shaped in section with slightly faceted front face and held in place with a central circular rivet that has flattened circular heads. Hinging around the opposite end of the frame is a separately cast sheet copper-alloy plate. This is flat, rectangular in form and folded to create an upper and lower plate of equal size. At the attachment end is a single circular rivet hole through which extends a short loop formed from several strands of copper-alloy wire. The entire object measures 33.10mm in length, 13.68mm in width, 4.46mm in thickness, and 2.88g in weight. This is a folding strap clasp of Medieval date, c.14th century AD (cf. Egan and Pritchard, 1991: figs. 77-78). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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