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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The central panel and integral top knob of the head survive, both wings are missing due to old breaks. The bow is complete but the foot of this brooch is also missing due to old breaks. It measures 44mm in total surviving length.
The top knob is full round and measures 11mm in height and 8mm in width. It has a waisted centre. The central panel of the head plate is rectangular in shape, 11.5mm in width and 12.1mm in length, it is raised. Fragments of both of the wings of the head plate can be seen, they are bent backwards slightly from the central panel. The bow measures 22.5mm in length and 12.5mm in width, it is faceted and has two longitudinal central grooves running down it. To one side of these there are traces of what may be incised zigzags, however due to wear it is unclear if these are original or merely a feature of later surface damage. On the back face of the central panel of the head plate the pin loop remains complete.
This cruciform brooch is likely to be a fairly early example, due to the integral full round knob, dating to c 410-550. | Subjects: | cruciform | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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