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Description: | Side knob from a cruciform brooch. The knob is made from copper alloy, and is half-round with a slot in the base into which the edge of the headplate would have been fitted. Above this the knob has a rectangular base with rounded edges, then a narrow waist, then a hemispherical upper part with a large collar at the top. A hole runs right through the knob from the base to the collar, and this retains a substantial part of the iron pin bar. Although the bar is corroded, it seems to have originally been either square or D-shaped in cross-section, measuring about 2 mm square. There is no decoration on the knob, and it is polished smooth on the front and sides, perhaps by wear. The reverse is very slightly convex. The knob's length is 16 mm, width 12 mm and thickness 6 mm, but the addition of the iron bar brings the total length up to 25 mm. Early Anglo-Saxon, 6th century AD.
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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