File:2061 Book Clasp (FindID 218048).jpg

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2061 Book Clasp.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2008-05-09 10:50:06
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2061 Book Clasp.JPG
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English: Copper alloy Book clasp, length 29mm, width 12mm, thickness 2mm, weight 1.02g. This example is rectangular in plan, there is some linear decoration on the forward end but this has been obscured buy corrosion. A rectangular hook on the forward edge, the rear is expanded, there is a single rivet hole at the rear.

This artefact is heavily corroded.

Artefacts such as this have been discovered during excavation to predominately date to the 15th and 16th centuries such as the examples found in York (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, 2937-2939)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 1400 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 218048
Old ref: GLO-809E42
Filename: 2061 Book Clasp.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/174281
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/174281/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/218048
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