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CLASP
Unique ID: NLM-560C29
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy clasp. Andrew Rogerson kindly identifies this object and comments: 'Variation on Read 2008 Class S early post-med double sharp-hooked clasp, cf. NMS-5EC424 & NMS-6DA7EFA'. A thick [0.9mm] sheet metal disc with what appears to be a double-ended sharply recurved hookattached to it by a rivet of head diameter 3mm and length 2.7mm passing through the centre of both components. The edges of the disc appear to have been cut in a series of short straight clips, and a regular series of four vertical lines are scored across its surface. The entire object retains traces of a black coating. The clasp element may have served for attachment, but the significance of the plate and its combination with the clasp are uncertain. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1750
Diameter: 26.8mm, Width: 39mm, Thickness (clasp): 2.2mm, Weight: 6.73gms
Class: cf. Read 2008 Class S
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 39 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 6.73 g
Diameter: 26.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42469
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Black coated
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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