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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Hod Hill type. Missing pin, damaged hinge and catchplate; some surface abrasion. The bow has strong transverse rib mouldings, two above and four below a central expanded area. The expanded area is rectangular with knob terminals; the slightly recessed centre has a row of four niello 'X' motifs and traces of tinning survive on the intervening area. The bow terminates in a narrow knob - this and all the rest of the bow are flat-backed. Length 41.5mm, width (head) 13mm. This type with niello decoration in the narrow band is Riha (1979) Type 5.8, but none of these are with 'X' motifs. Very similar examples are recorded from Saham Toney (Woodcock Hall, R Brown, 1986, no 112) and "at Bury St Edmunds" in Hattatt 1985, no.318.
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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