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Description: | A burnt fragment of a cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon Florid type Cruciform brooch. The headplate fragment is all that survives of the brooch. The brooch is possibly of E.T Leeds Type V (1971, 13-36). The incomplete headplate has a central panel with thick border and central zoomorphic design. The only surviving flat side knob has an outward looking mask with pellet eyes and large eyebrows that meet to form a small nose. The fragment has been burnt and is quite distorted and worn. The surviving length is 27.7mm, the width is 35.2mm and the weight is 14.95g.
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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