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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Small Long brooch dating to the late fifth or sixth centuries AD. The fragment comprises part of the head plate of the brooch. The head plate comprises a square central panel decorated with two rows of incised marginal lines enclosing a row of stamped triangles. Extending from the central panel are two arms, the third is missing. These arms would have originally have given the brooch a cruciform appearance. The arm at the side of the brooch is T shaped and plain whereas the top arm is bi-lobed and decorated with two incised lines. There are traces of tinning on both the central panels and the arms. On the underside of the headplate are two semi-circular perforated lugs designed to hold the pin in place. A corroded iron axis bar pierces the lugs. The fragment measures 34mm in length and 36mm in width.Similar brooches are known from Icklingham (15.62) and Haslingfield (15.63) and illustrated in Macgregor and Bolick (1993) p. 141.
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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