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Description: | Copper alloy sleeve clasp. Cast hook element from a pair of sleeve clasps of Hines Form B12. A cast rectangular bar with three rounded lugs forb stitched attachment [two now lost], each with a drilled hole of diameter c.3mm, and the stub of a hook on the opposite long edge. Each attachment lug sprang from a square panel, and the zones between panels are occupied by five or six finely incised parallel lines. Sleeve clasps are associated with burial costume of Anglian style, and their appearance is often indicative of a female burial. Save for the broken lugs and hook, this object is in a good condition which may suggest only recent disturbance from such a context. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.Length: 35.5mm, Width: 14.5mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 4.39gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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