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Description: | This is a fragment only of a later Saxon circular cross-shaped brooch. The surviving portion is like an axe-shaped or peltiform mount with a pierced circle in the midst of the expanding arm, but in fact it represents two arms. The complete arrangement would have shown a disc with four circular piercings towards the outer edge, creating four expanding arms around a central lozenge. Two of the arms have been broken away, leaving the centre and two remaining arms. The circular piercings are highlighted by marginal incised grooves. On the reverse, one of the arms has a square lug for the attachment of the pin (which is missing). Such square lugs are characteristic of the late9th or 10th century brooches, especially the East Anglian Anglo-Viking series: the corresponding catchplate would be formed of a strip with rolled end attached to the back of the opposite arm. The Christian meaning of the cross ornament is fairly intentional, though it its purport seems more of allegiance than devotion.
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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