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Description: | A bent and slightly corroded incomplete cast copper-alloy artefact: probably a brooch of medieval date, perhaps earlier. The original artefact is assumed to have been annular; around two-thirds now survives. One end appears complete and terminates in a lozenge with a sub-square outward protrusion just before. It is plausible that there would have been a similar opposing arrangement, but the artefact has now broken. The object widens from c. 5.1mm at the break to a maximum width of c. 7.5mm. It the tapers to a width of c. 4.2mm before the terminal (max. W.: 9.8mm). There is a perforation at the wide point, recessed on the lower surface. There appears to also be a failed drilling adjacent. There is a further perforation in the sub-square protrusion. The object has a sub-triangular cross-section, being bevelled externally and internally on the upper surface and flat on the lower surface. The externally bevelled face features rectangular moulded fields each decorated with three longitudinal grooves. The lozengiform terminal appears to be decorated with punched crescents. The artefact has been bent in profile as a result of old damage. It is now a dark grey-green colour with areas of lighter corrosion product. As this find has been difficult to parallel the identification and dating remain tentative. It can be compared with SWYOR-833234 on this 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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