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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval radiate brooch. The head plate of this brooch is semicircular in plan with three subrectangular projections, one at each bottom corner and one centrally at the top of the curved edge. The top projection is decorated with parallel grooved horizontal lines, and the side projections with parallel vertical incised lines. The head plate itself is plain. The bow is arched with a slight semicircular section. It is decorated with a V shaped incised line above (point facing towards the head), and then a series of parallel, horizontal lines that runs its length. The foot is lozenge shaped, with the bottom most point flattened across. The foot plate seems intact, but it cannot be ruled out that there was a further extension to the lozenge, and that the damaged edge may have worn smooth over time. The reverse of the brooch is flat and plain. Two pin bar lugs survive, but nothing of the iron pin remains except for small patches of iron staining by the lugs. The catch plate is truncated and is little more than a raised line of metal. There are no traces of tinning or gilding. The brooch has an even mid green patina with traces of brown and some patches of bright green corrosion. It is 50.08mm long and 24.86mm wide at the head. Brooches of this type date to the 6th century. Though an exact parallel is not shown, MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, show a variety of radiate head forms. | 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: | 500
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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