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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: FAKL-11EF61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a cast copper alloy sleeve clasp of Hines form B20. Only half survives and was originally symmetrical about the triangular lug, beneath which is a narrow hook which engaged the female half of the clasp. To either side of this lug were further projections consisting of conjoined discs, each with a deep central hollow. These were sum mounted by cast rings, the remains of one of which survives.
Class: Hines form B20
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 480
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.4 mm
Width: 14.4 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 3.31 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 273
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Kilham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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