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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: SF450
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Fragmentary gilded copper alloy wrist-clasp of Hines form B18b. Bar, flattened in section, decorated along its length with gilded transverse incisions and grooves; the remains of the bar carry two discoid projections, each with a central dot enclosed by a concentric ring of gilded finely-punched dots; both projections are joined by a central bar; the bottom one also has a lateral T-shaped extension.
Very similar to an example from Barrington, Cambridgeshire, illustrated by Hines (1993, fig. 112a).
Class: Hines form B18b
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: 19.8 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. | 1993 | A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Oxford | Tempvs Reparatum | No. 29.32 |
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