Record ID: LON-78E963 - ROMAN fastening

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FASTENING

Unique ID: LON-78E963

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Roman copper alloy eye clasp from a necklace hook and eye fastener

A Roman copper alloy eye clasp from a necklace hook and eye fastener dating AD43-410. This is a Read (2008:3) Class A Type 1 fastener. The fastener has a rectangular shank with a truncated sub-triangular section and there is an integral, flattened, circular tab at each end with a central, circular perforation for attachment. These two attachment loops are set at 90º to each other. The corresponding hooked fastener would attach to one of the loops and the thread of the necklace would attach to the other loop. Each side of the rectangular shank is decorated with stamped, repeated S-shapes.

Dimensions: length:19.37mm; width: 4.68mm; thickness: 4.29mm; weight: 1.04g.

Reference: Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes. A Classification and Catalogue of Sharp- or Blunt-Hooked Clasps and Miscellaneous Hooks, Eyes, Loops, Rings or Toggles. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.

This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 19.37 mm
Width: 4.68 mm
Thickness: 4.29 mm
Weight: 1.04 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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Epping Forest
Parish: Moreton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL5507
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

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