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Description: | Headplate, bow and upper part of foot of a cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. The headplate is sub-rectangular with a curved cross section. It is undecorated, and a portion on one side is missing. A single half-round knob projects from the top of the headplate, whilst a single perforated lug on the reverse acted as a hinge for the pin; slight traces of iron corrosion around this are all that remains of the pin. The bow is hollow backed with a curved section, except at either end where it has a rectangular section. Both the bow and the surviving section of the foot taper towards the foot. Slight remains of a catchplate are extant on the reverse of the foot. The half rounded knob places this brooch in Aberg's Group II, and it dates to the second half of the 5th, or very early 6th, century.
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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