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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: SF2383
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Cast copper alloy wrist clasp hook-plate, Hines form B18d. Plate and bar cast in one; bar decorated on upper surface with crudely applied transverse grooves; the bar is pierced by three circular attachment holes and its outer edge is deeply scalloped to from four sub-rectangular knops; behind each of the knops the metal is punched with a single punched ring-and-dot.
Class: Hines form B18d
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 475
Date to: Circa AD 575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2000
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK LACKFORD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West, S. | 1998 | A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk | Ipswich | Suffolk County Council | 122 | No. 16 |
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