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Description: | Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch fragment, head and upper part of bow only. The integrally cast top-knob is semi-circular in section, hollowed on the reverse, with damaged head, simple rectangular collar with transverse line, then a trapezoidal moulding extending part way down the head plate with beaded line border at the base. There are no side knobs. Rectangular head plate with expanded undecorated wings, all four corners of which are damaged. Punched ring and dot in the centre of the lower two-thirds of the head plate. Raised transverse beaded ridge at the junction of the head with the arched bow. The bow is slightly carinated on the obverse and flat on the reverse, and has faceted corners and a beaded transverse line at the top. The bow is broken c. half way down and has iron staining on the break and to the left-hand side. Single off-centre pin hinge on the reverse, with some iron staining around. Light-mid green corrosion. Length 54.52mm, width of head 37.63mm, width of bow 19.06mm, thickness c.20mm, weight 21.75g.This could be part of the same brooch as brooch 7 (DENO-A989D3).
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