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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy ansate brooch dating to the middle Anglo-Saxon period. The brooch measures 39mm in length.The bow is rectangular in shape and arched with a flat circular terminal at either end. The circular terminals have a diameter of 12mm each. Either circular terminal is decorated with a cross in the centre formed by four petal shaped cells. This is set within four further petal shaped cells forming a rough circle around the cross. On the reverse of the terminals is a complete pin bar lug and the remains of a catch plate. The pin is missing.This ansate brooch is similar to examples discovered in Ipswich (West 1998, 216, fig 98, no 1-7) and numerous other examples on the PAS database.
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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