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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: SF-8C810D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy sleeve clasp dating to circa AD 480-500. It consists of a thin sheet of rectangular copper-alloy forming one sleeve clasp half. The rear edge has a single sewing circular sewing hole. The front edge has a broken through that once served to accept the hook of the other clasp half. Along the rear edge there are a series of punched annulets these continue along the remaining short side of the clasp. There are two faint areas of longitudinal grooving and a small hole roughly central to the remaining piece.The back is plain.
This example falls into Hines' B7 category (1993: pg 41, fig 80a). Penn and Brugmann simplify Hines' categories into wcB7b, which falls into their phase FA2, dating to circa AD 480-500.
Length: 24.5mm; Width: 13.4mm; Thickness: 0.7mm; Weight: 0.60g.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 480
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.5 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th June 2019 - Friday 7th June 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 059
Other reference: SS19-038
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines, J. | 1993 | Clasps Hektespenner Agraffen: Anglo-Scandinavian Clasps of Classes A-C of the 3rd to 6th Centuries A D: Typology, diffusion and function | Stockholm | Kungl Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien | |||
| Penn, K. and Brugmann, B. | 2007 | Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Burial: Morning Thorpe, Spong Hill, Bergh Apton and Westgarth Gardens | Gressenhall | Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service |
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