Record ID: YORYM-993933 - IRON AGE button and loop fastener

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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: YORYM-993933

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Iron Age to Roman : Button and loop fastener

An incomplete cast copper-alloy button and loop fastener. The fastener is of a type classified by Wild as a Class I fastener with a solid square-head. This one is unusual as most of the Class I tend to have a double boss-head, but this example only has an undecorated rectangluar plate for the button element. The reverse is flat and has the loop extending out from the back of the head. The loop is formed from a projecting strip of copper alloy, which has a right-angle bend just behind the head, the strip then forks open and would have formed a triangular loop. The loop has broken and the breaks are worn. The entire surface is slightly pitted, but much of the original surface survives. The original metal is a dark greyish-brown colour.

Class: Wild Class I

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 20.1 mm
Width: 18.6 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
To be known as: Pocklington

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]

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