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Early Medieval copper alloy clamp
Small clamp for fastening a rim binding strip to a bucket, drinking horn or leather cup. Ornamented with two cast grooves. Such clamps are common in Anglo-Saxon graves and occur also on the elegant shape of the present clamp, giving emphasis to the domed head of the rivet, is distinctly unusual.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/A.9
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Hole 40
Acquisition
donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:12
width / mm:10
thickness / mm:6 (rivet)
thickness / mm:0.3 (clamp)
Techniques
Cast
Rivetted
Material
Copper alloy
Location
In store
Categories
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