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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Hod Hill type. Missing pin, some corrosion. Patchy white metal coating on front surfaces. The upper bow has two strong centre ribs with concave mouldings to each side which form side projections terminating in a rib and bead moulding. Above and below there is a narrow area, perhaps defined by single cross ribs (now very abraded). The lower bow is defined by a cross rib and step down to a thin flat plate which expands slightly and is plain. Length 37mm, width at projections 20mm. Not closely paralleled in Hattatt or Riha 1979.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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