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Description: | Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch, consisting of the rectangular headplate and a short stub of bow. The headplate has integrally cast top and side knobs; each knob is half-round in cross-section, and slightly hollowed on the reverse, with a broad groove across it. Below the groove, the side knobs have two transverse grooves, but there is no trace of these on the top knob. The headplate has a central panel and steps down very slightly to two wings, but the whole brooch is corroded and no decoration can be seen. There is a single centrally placed pin hinge on the reverse of the headplate, with iron staining around. There is a possible narrow transverse groove at the top of the bow. The bow has faceted corners, and is slightly carinated on the obverse and flat on the reverse. Some light-mid grey-green patina, patchy light-mid green corrosion, some soil adhering. Length 48.21mm, width of head 58.61mm, width of top of bow 20.23mm, thickness 19.9mm, weight 31.79g.The half-round knobs date this brooch to the sixth century AD.
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