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Description: | Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch. This brooch was previously recorded on this database as an "unknown type" late Roman bow brooch. The original discription of the object has been kept below:The head of the brooch is formed from a semicylindrical spring case, that is essentially a flat, rectangular panel capped at either end with circular plates with a circular perforation to both. The rectangular panel is decorated to the front with two horizontal incised lines. Nothing of the spring or pin survives. The bow of the brooch humps from the spring case with a subcircular section, which is bevelled to the top. It has a distinct C shaped profile before turning down into a short vertical foot. The bottom of the bow, at the top of the leg, and the bottom of the foot are decorated with two horizontal incised lines, in the same manner as the top of the brooch. The solid catchplate survives with the curl tightly curled in upon itself. Most of the original surface survives with an even green patina. Exposed patches are lighter green. The brooch is 33.12mm long, 16.32mm wide across the head, 6.18mm wide across the bow and weighs 11.95g.Supporting-arm brooches were divided into two types by Böhme (1974), summarised in English by Evison (1977), based on the width of the head; this example belongs to the Perlberg type (head width 12-22mm). They appear to date from the early to mid 5th 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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