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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy small long brooch (5th-6th century). The headplate is trapezoidal in plan and is undecorated. The bow arches and has a semi-circular cross-section. The bow is decorated with a small rounded boss/projection in the centre at the peak of the arch. The brooch is broken across the bow and the foot is no longer present. The broken edge has the same pale green patina as the rest of the surface, suggesting the damage occurred in antiquity. On the reverse of the brooch is a single lug that is very worn. No trace of the spring nor the pin remain.
The brooch is similar in outline but not decoration to one in the Ashmolean found in Barrington, Cambridgeshire (MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 132-3 no 15-31).
Dimensions: length: 32.09mm; width: 20.35mm; thickness: 16.84mm; weight: 7.27g
Reference: MacGregor, A and Bolick, E. 1993. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections. BAR British Series 230. | Subjects: | Small-long Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Levick, Paula - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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