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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: NLM-F2B7C9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sleeve clasp. Cast rectangular plate with the stubs of a rectangular eye on one long side and the stubs of three attachment loops on the opposite edge, Hines Form B12. The loops were drilled through U-shaped tabs which project from plain zones of the main plate; there is crudely scored horizontal grooves occupy two intervening panels. This type of clasp has been found at locations widely scattered across eastern England. Though derived from Scandinavian prototypes they are of exclusively English distribution, implying an insular continuation of a costume which entailed tight-fitting sleeved garments for women which were fastened at the wrist by hook and eye elements sewn to the open cuffs. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.
Length: 32.2mm, Width: 14.5mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 4.60gms
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34359
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Claxby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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