Record ID: YORYM-665741 - EARLY MEDIEVAL sleeve clasp

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SLEEVE CLASP

Unique ID: YORYM-665741

Object type certainty: Certain

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An incomplete cast copper alloy object which could be a wrist clasp. It is not clear whether this surviving part of the clasp represents the eye-piece or the hook-piece. The clasp is formed from a rectangular plate of copper alloy, with four surviving circular lobes projecting from one edge. On the edge of the rectangular plate parallel incised lines can be seen, they are in three bands. The four circular lobes are concave, as they have been shaped with a shallow depression. The two central lobes have small holes in the base. Both ends of the plate are broken, so it is not clear how this would have been joined. The reverse is flat and heavily pitted. This wrist clasp dates to the early-mid 6th - 7th Century and probably belongs to Hines's' Form B18. Similar clasps can be seen in EAA report 84, p164.

Class: Hines form B18

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 29.7 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 2.9 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: Fragment [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: Hayton

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: Saturday 2nd January 2010

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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