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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment, probably from a crossbow brooch. Part of bow and foot only; catchplate is bent (squashed); some corrosion of the surfaces. The bow is a very narrow trapezoidal section; there are slight traces of possible incised or notched decoration on the very narrow (1.5mm) front but this may be damage and corrosion only. The 3mm above the junction with the foot are constricted. The foot, which is 29mm long, has a centre part with side facets and a centre ridge; the flat end areas each have transverse grooves and paired side notches. The catchplate is sheathed and runs almost the full length of the foot. Surviving length 40mm, surviving height 23mm. This is probably a crossbow brooch, of Keller types 1 - 3, dated c. late 3rd to mid 4th century. Similar to Caistor(Butcher in Darling with Gurney, 1993, EAA 60 p.74) no.8. | 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: | 280
360 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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