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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: NMS-8BD916
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Wrist-clasp eye-plate of Hines 1993 Form B12 with three open lugs on the rear edge and two groups of four longitudinal groves between three flat square bosses. Most of the eye is missing. 15mm (excluding stub of eye) x 34.5m. Late 5th century.
Class: Hines 1993 Form 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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010 - Thursday 1st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 44097
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Ringstead
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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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