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SLEEVE CLASP

Unique ID: LIN-706D63

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An Anglo-Saxon copper alloy sleeve clasp dating to the 6th century AD. The clasp is of Hines form B18b (Hines, 1993, p59). The clasp is the 'catch-piece', having a small integral rearward hook on the underside. The front of the clasp is highly decorative. The bar is rectangular and divided into five smaller decorative rectangular panels. The outer two and the central panel are undecorated whereas the two between are transversly ribbed. The clasp has four conjoined roundels along the rear edge. Each roundel is decorated with a stamped cross, and conjoined to the next by three grooves. Between the outer pairs of roundels are two pierced circles through which the clasp would have been sown to the garment. The surface of the clasp has been silvered. Hines describes Form 18 clasps as 'a set of relatively elaborately designed Class B clasps, the richness of which relative to most other members of the class is reflected by the fact that many of these examples are gilt, and some are silver plated or carry Style 1 ornament.' (Hines p59). This example is very similar to one found at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, p139, fig. 23, no. 2).

Class: Hines Form B18b

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 3 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Spilsby

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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