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Description: | Copper-alloy disc brooch of middle early medieval date with relief decoration depicting a backward- looking animal, it measures 28mm in diameter. Arouond the edge of the front face there is a border of small rectangular and triangular shapes. Inside this border is a quadruped with all four legs shown, with the head facing backwards over the back and the tail bent forward to meet it. Each foot has three toes and the neck has zigzag edge representing a mane. The head has open jaws and a circular eye.On the reverse are two transverse lugs. One D-shaped one is perforated and has a slot cut to form the catchplate, it is incomplete. The other lug is D-shaped and formed the pin lug. There is some iron corrosion from the pin within the pin lug. This brooch is similar to others discovered in Suffolk such as one example with a beaded border found at Dunwich (see SF-5810). A similar brooch found in an early 10th-century context in 16-22 Coppergate, York, gives the best date for the series (Roesdahl 1981: 75, 105).
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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