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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Early Medieval Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch. The lower half of the brooch is all that survives, the top of the bow and head plate are missing. The surviving part of the arched bow has facets at each lower corner and is carinated at the front. Below the bow is a tapering foot panel with two faint collars at the top and bottom. The panel terminates with an animal head with protruding eyes and a rounded snout. Behind the foot plate is a complete elongated catch plate with a length of 44.5mm and a width of 7.4mm. The surviving length of the brooch is 58.3mm, the width is 11.0mm and the weight is 16.52g. | Subjects: | Cruciform Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Staves, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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