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Description: | An incomplete hook-piece from a cast copper alloy sleeve clasp of Early Medieval date, AD 450 - 600. It is of Hines Class B Form 20. It consists of a flat, sub-rectangular plate, with a thicker, integral, raised bar running along one side. Part of a rectangular hook projects from the centre of this bar; the end of the hook has broken away and is missing. There are the remains of a circular attachment loop at each end of the shaped rear edge; these are also broken and partly missing. The centre of the rear edge is bilobate. There is no decoration visible except for slight notiches on the front edge of the bar. The clasp has a light green patina. It is 34.7mm long, 11.6mm wide and 2.1mm thick. It weighs 2.45gm.The catch-piece section of a similar clasp is recorded on the database at reference SWYOR-D36522. See also Hines 1993, page 12 and 64.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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