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Description: | Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch, edges of headplate and lower part of footplate missing. The headplate is decorated with two triplets of vertically engraved lines defining a pseudo panel, both flanked by vertical rows of double half-annulets stamps. Single carefully made round hole in centre of headplate near present top is secondary. Rectangular panels forming facets at the top and the base of the hollow-backed bow are both emphasised by three transverse engraved lines. Median groove on bow. The only decoration on the remaining part of the footplate is again a triplet of transverse engraved lines. Very low scar of single pin lug on reverse may have been filed almost flat. Catchplate flap missing. All breaks ancient. Length >66.5mm. Width of bow 16mm. Later 5th ?? early 6th century. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robbins, Katherine - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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