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CLASP
Unique ID: SF-54146A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap clasp, dating to AD 1270-1450. It consists of a sub-rectangular sheet of metal, which has been folded around the bar of the buckle frame; the fold has the sides slightly recessed. The buckle has largely been lost; there is only the pin bar surviving into the fold of the plate. The surfaces are heavily abraded and covered by a light green patina.
Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, pp. 116119). Cf KENT-BB8756 on this database.
Length: 19.72 mm
Width: 11.23 mm
Thickness: 4.57 mm
Weight: 2.63 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.72 mm
Width: 11.23 mm
Thickness: 4.57 mm
Weight: 2.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th March 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wenhaston sith Mells Hamlet
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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