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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy small square-headed brooch of Early Early-Medieval date, probably AD 500 - AD 550. Length 37mm, width across the head 13.8mm and 3.5mm thick at the centre of the bow. Weight 5.23g. Viewing the brooch in plan, the head-plate is sub-rectangular in plan (13.8mm x 11mm), although the left side of the head-plate frame, including the head-plate upper corner is missing. The right hand upper head-plate corner is in the form of a small sub-circular pellet. The rectangular head-plate panel is defined by a narrow raised border along the top and at each side. The panel is decorated with two sets of three horizontal pairs of billets situated one above the other. The evenly arched bow, 13mm in length and 7.5mm in width, has a pronounced longitudinal median swelling which forms a carination. The expanded foot flares outwards from beneath the bow and then tapers inwards towards the terminal which is missing. Two raised lines form a lozenge-shaped field and enclose a small solid lozenge at the centre. Each of the foot-plate upper borders is embellished with a curvilinear groove. The front of the brooch appears to have been gilded overall. Where the gilding has not survived, the metal has a mid-green patina. The reverse of the head-plate and foot-plate are flat and the reverse surface of the bow is flat, although it is arched as viewed from the side. On the lower part of the reverse of the head-plate is a single perforated lug to take a hinged pin which is missing. Around the lug are traces of iron corrosion, indicating that the pin was made of iron. On the upper part of the reverse of the foot-plate is the remains of a catch-plate. The reverse surface of the brooch has a mid-green patina overall. The brooch is in a fair condition and all the breaks are old. There is no evidence for burning or melting. | 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
550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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