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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy, early medieval small long brooch. This fragment represents the bow and foot of the brooch. The bow is triangular in section with a rectangular moulding above. On this moulding and directly below the bow is a pair of transverse incised lines. The foot of the brooch is rectangular and is similarly decorated with incised transverse lines to top and bottom. The foot expands into an integral sub triangular terminal. This is decorated with a border of punched dots with a large punched dot to the centre. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The back of the rectangular portion of foot is slightly concave. The catch plate is intact complete with curl. The object has an even mid green patina. Break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object is 43.3mm long and 25.48mm wide and dates from the mid 5th to 6th century. Examples of complete small long brooches can be seen in MacGregor and Bolick 1993. | 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: | 450
550 | 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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