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Collection Item: Sleeve Clasp
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Sleeve clasp
- Object category
- Anglian
- Description
- A thin sheet of rectangular copper alloy with three holes even spaced along the bottom edge and an oblong opening at the top. A second piece of rectangular copper alloy with three groups of line; the bar would have attached to the larger plate in the centre as a decorative element.
- Production date start
- 501
- Production date end
- 600
- Period
- Anglian
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1947.242.1
- Alternative number
- 242.1.47
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 29
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Copper alloy (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Plate length 3.8 cm
- Plate width 3.0 cm
- Plate thickness 0.1 cm
- Bar length 3.8 cm
- Bar width 0.7 cm
- Bar thickness 0.2 cm
Find spot
- Place
- Driffield
Production
- Technique
- Cast