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Description: | Unidentified cast copper-alloy object, now very worn and corroded. Basically circular and domed with a hollow reverse. The flat outer edge (4mm high) has alternating rounded and broader rectangular projections, originally three of each. All elements of the decoration of the domed area are defined by a double rib with groove in between. At the centre there was probably a dot; two concentric areas are each divided into four cells by crossing lines. It is possible that the cells contained enamel but no trace of this survives. Both the condition of the metal (compares with 11th century harness fittings) and the style (compare cloisonne brooches) suggests a later saxon date. But there is no indication of how this was attached, either as a mount or as a brooch and an earlier (Roman) date remains a possibility.
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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