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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy, early medieval small long brooch. This head of the brooch is sub square and damaged along its top edge. The object is heavily abraded so it is impossible to tell if there is any decoration on the head. The bow is semicircular in section and appears plain. Beneath the bow, at the top of the foot, is a pair of transverse incised lines. The foot of the brooch is short and flares into an integral sub triangular terminal. This appears to be plain. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The pin bar lug is missing, but there is iron corrosion in the area that it would have been. The catch plate is complete with curl intact. The brooch has a dark green patina with abraded, exposed areas being lighter green. Break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object 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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