File:Clasp (FindID 79728).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (1,280 × 960 pixels, file size: 505 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
clasp
Photographer
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Faye Sayer, 2004-12-10 14:23:12
Title
clasp
Description
English: Copper alloy book clasp, dating to the medieval period. Flared comb at one end and hook at the other. The hooked end is slightly widerthan the main body with hatched decoration on the face. Above this area of decoration is a rivit (c. 1mm diameter). At the combed end is a small hole with concentric covered rings (2.5mm Diameter). The reverse is plain and slightly coroded where the metal has been in contact with the strap. The clasp has bent slightly out of shape.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1300 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 79728
Old ref: LON-A234F5
Filename: 4338.7a.JPG
Credit line
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/45678
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/45678/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79728
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:10, 28 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:10, 28 January 20171,280 × 960 (505 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LON, FindID: 79728, medieval, page 290, batch count 4592

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Clasp_(FindID_79728).jpg&oldid=861721952"