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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: SF-6EDE4D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy sleeve clasp dating to circa AD 450-480. It consists of a rectangular bar with a slightly convex outer face and flat reverse. The bar has three raised rectangular bosses with straight edges. Two are located at each end whilst there is a central boss located at the midsection of the bar. Projecting from each boss is an integrally cast rounded knop with central perforation. Projecting from the rear edge of the central boss is a hook element which is now broken and survived by two stubs. The back face is undecorated.
This example falls into Hines’ B12 category, very similar in form to one illustrated at Hines 1993: 47, fig. 90a and SF-51AB7E, though without projecting knops in this case. Penn and Brugmann simplify Hines’ categories and place B12 into wcB12, which falls into their phase FA1, dating to circa AD 450-480.
Length: 37.2mm; Width: 16.7mm; Thickness: 3.1mm; Weight: 7.12g.
Class: Hines 1997 B12
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: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 480
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.2 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 7.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th December 2020 - Sunday 13th December 2020
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 021
Other reference: NH19-126
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 |
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