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Description: | A copper alloy sleeve clasp dating to the early medieval period, c. AD 450 to 600.The object is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rectangular bar along one long side. Attached to this is a sub-rectangular loop which would attach to the other part of the sleep clasp. From the other side of the rectangular bar is thinner project with scalloped edging and circular recesses. There is a further projection at one end of the object suggesting that this sleeve clasp is incomplete and indeed, there is no clear means of attaching the object to the garment. This object is probably a Hines (1993) type B20 and there are similar objects recorded on the PAS database, see for example SWYOR-3B3366 and NMS-C50AC4.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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