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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of Early Early-Medieval date (AD 450 - AD 525). Length 32mm, maximum width 12mm, maximum thickness of bow 2.9mm. Weight 3.32g.The incomplete head-plate of the brooch would have been semi-circular in plan with three lobes around the periphery, probably one at the top and one at each side. The bow has a length of 14mm and is 7mm in width. Along the median longitudinal centre-line the bow has a pronounced carination. The foot-plate is incomplete and would most likely have been elongated triangular in plan with a lobe at each top angle and possibly another at the terminal. The top left lobe and the one at the terminal are missing. The intact top right lobe on the foot-plate is decorated with a ring-and-dot motif or a circular indentation. This decoration is indeterminate due to corrosion. Viewed form the side, the bow is mildly arched. The rear of the head-plate, the bow and the foot-plate are flat. On the lower part of the head-plate is an incomplete single perforated lug to accommodate the pin mechanism which is missing. At the rear, most of the head-plate and a small area of the upper part of the bow are covered in a deposit of iron corrosion. This deposit probably suggests that the pin would have been composed of iron. The catch-plate is situated on the upper part of the foot-plate and is also incomplete; the curled over part that secured the pin is missing. Both the lug and catch-plate are on the median longitudinal centre-line.The brooch has traces of a mid-green patina. Where the patina is worn and abraded the metal is a dull red/brown colour.This brooch does not fall into a standard classification. However, in form, it is somewhere between a small-long and a radiate-headed brooch.
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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