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Description: | A cast copper-alloy small long brooch of the 6th century, Aberg type 2.
The brooch is incomplete, missing only the pin.
The head is cruciform in plan, with a rectangular headplate and 3 arms cast integrally. Each arm is identical and emerged from the centre of the edge of the head on each side and tht top of the plate. Each arm has a fan-shaped or semicircular terminal that is twice as broad as the rectangular base of the arm. On the base, spaced between the terminal and the headplate is a single punched ring-and-dot. There is no further decoration on the head.
The bow has a rounded medial ridge and is faceted at the corners. In section, it is carinated in front and concave behind.
The foot has an undecorated panel separated by the spatulate terminal by a raised band, D-shaped in section and decorated with incised lines across its width. The spatulate terminal has punched V-shaped along its edges. The end is flat (as opposed to fan-shaped), but with rounded corners and it flares outward from the band.
The underside of the brooch has suffered from more corrosion than the upper face. The underside of the headplate bears two lugs holding a very corroded iron pin base, possibly a hinge pin though corrosion obscures identification. Below the corroded pin, and held in place by the remains of the pin shaft and the iron corrosion is a possible amber bead that appears to be discoidal in shape. A catchplate that is a hooked L-shape in section emerged from the foot just beneath the bow. | Subjects: | Small long Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Collins, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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