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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment, Hod Hill type. Middle of the bow only, with the stub of the top of the catchplate at the back; very corroded but white metal surface survives on the lower part. The upper half is parallel sided with small knobs along the sides; three ribs are separated by two broad concave mouldings. Each of the ribs has traces of beading. Two transverse ribs flanking a broad concave moulding mark the junction with the lower bow, the surviving area of which is flat and undecorated; the edges are damagedbut probably tapered. Surviving length 25mm, upper bow width 10mm. As Hattatt no. 846, his "Bagendon influenced" type. | Subjects: | Hod Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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