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Description: | An early Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. The 'head' is missing its original edges but there are remnants of a small hole in each corner suggesting a cross potent derivative type. An incised and stamped border runs between the holes, excpet on the bow edge. This border comprises three parallel incised lines and a row of small double arched - the flat edges of which but up to the innermost line. The bow is steeply chamfered witht the remnants of two incised lines running along the ridge. The upper 'foot' has (two panels with three incised lines and notches between). Two raised transverse ridges with four incised lines across them. The panel between them has chamfered edges. The gently triangular foot has curving, chamfered edges and the flat central section is bordered by a row of double arched stamps with the flat edges outwards. The bottom of the 'foot' has a row of trianglar stamps above two incised lines. The stub of a single lug survives behind the 'head'and most of the catchplate survivesjust below the bow. | 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: | 410
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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