Accession No

TEMP.00260


Description

A bronze, rectangular buckle chape or possible wrist clasp. It is decorated with two bands of zigzags around the front face and small areas of zigzags on the loops. There are three perforations in the centre. One loop is broken off but one loop wraps round to the back and shows the remains of a rivet hole.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

?Anglo Saxon


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00260


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

23mm x 37mm


Events

Context (Display)
This object was on display in the Clark Gallery, in Case 48, until 2010.
Event Date 2010
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A bronze, rectangular buckle chape or possible wrist clasp. It is decorated with 2 bands of zigzags around the front face and small areas of zigzags on the loops. There are three perforations in the centre. One loop is broken off but one loop wraps round to the back and shows the remains of a rivet hole.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:270584

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