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Description: | Unusual and hard-to-identify brooch fragment, probably made of silver. It consists of a thin plate which flares slightly, with concave sides, from a break to an original squared-off end. The corners at this end are cut off obliquely. It has relief decoration, now perhaps worn. In the centre are two longitudinal raised bands with fine oblique ribbing. Surrounding these, on the three original sides, is a broader and higher raised band with a wide central groove. At the bottom is a wide transverse groove with a raised beaded line in the centre. On the reverse, near the original end, is a rectangular projection curled over to make a catchplate. The form of the catchplate makes a Roman date unlikely, as it is only 4 mm deep and formed from a rectangular projection rather than a triangular one. The placing of the catchplate, however (close to the end) makes an Anglo-Saxon date (e.g. from a radiate-headed or ansate brooch) unlikely too. This brooch fragment is something of an enigma! | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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