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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy, early medieval small long brooch. This fragment represents the foot of the brooch. It is rectangular in plan and flat in section. It is angled at the top of the fragment, suggesting that it has broken just at the point where it extended from the lower arch spring of the bow. The foot is decorated with three, evenly spaced pairs of incised, transverse lines. It expands into a triangular terminal, which appears to be plain. The reverse of the brooch is plain and the catch plate is complete with curl intact. Break edges, though not fresh, are only relatively worn, suggesting damage occurred in the more recent past The fragment has a dark green-brown patina. It is 32.98mm long and 13.78mm wide and dates from the mid 5th to 6th century. Examples of complete small long brooches can be seen in MacGregor and Bolick 1993.
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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