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SLEEVE CLASP
Unique ID: SF-9FF49F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon (early medieval) sleeve clasp of 6th century date. It is sub-rectangular in shape and with a curved profile. On the front face it has a central plain panel running lengthwise between a pair of raised lines, which have a series of four lobes flanking their outer edges. Between the lobes, where they touch the raised lines, there is a row of three circular holes on each side. The back face of the plate is plain. There are signs of old breaks, now worn, in one of the corners and possibly, in one of the short sides. Length: 34.79 mm, width: 24.00 mm, thickness: 2.26 mm, weight: 7.70 g
The best parallel for this sleeve clasp is Hines form B18c (1993 pp. 59-60, fig. 113). It could be the hook plate but there are no signs of an attaching hook. The signs of old worn breaks indicate that this could also have possibly been a Hines form B18h originally (1993, p. 63, fig. 121) but, in addition to the problem of the missing hook, in the latter example the sewing holes are placed in between the outer edges of the lobes instead of the inner ones therefore this seems less likely.
Other close examples on the PAS database : SF-33DF73, NMS-023581.
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 475
Date to: Circa AD 575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.79 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 2.26 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 080
Other reference: Finders reference SS14 080
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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