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Description: | A cast copper alloy annular brooch or buckle, diameter 45.46mm. The object consists of approximately 60% of the frame. The pin remains in situ. The frame is trapezoidal in section, and is decorated with an incised zigzag design with a single oblique incised line within each triangle. It is constricted for the pin, which is complete and of sheet copper alloy (length 45.51mm). There is a small acorn shaped knop projecting from the outer edge of the brooch opposite the pin constriction, which houses a copper alloy rivet. The metal surface and breaks are worn with a dark green patina. The lighter colour of the pin indicates a differing alloy. This the object has been classed as a brooch, following Egans (1991, p57, 64-5) definitions, due to its size and the presence of a pin constriction. However the presence of the rivet in the decorative projection and the sheet copper alloy pin indicate that its original use could also have been as a buckle. The engraved decoration is very similar to that of a composite circular buckle illustrated in Egan 1991, p65 ref 213.
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