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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: LIN-4CACF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.500-c.600) Hines form B12 wrist-clasp or sleeve clasp, missing one of its terminals and its attachment loops. Overall, the clasp measures 26.7mm long, 12.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick. It weighs 2.56g. It comprises of two sub-circular flat discs, joined together by a narrow 5.1mm wide collar with sloping edges. Each disc has the stump of an attachment loop projecting from one side. One of the discs, the centre one, has the stump of a second collar projecting from the side opposite the other collar. It also has a short stump projecting from the edge opposite the attachment loop.
cf. Hines, 1993, p.47, Fig. 90 g.
Class: Hines 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
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Width: 12.6 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 2.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Field 2: 24
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 47 | Fig. 90 g |
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