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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy saucer brooch of Early Early-Medieval date, probably the fifth or sixth century (AD 400 ? AD 600). Length 21mm, width 17mm and 3mm thick. Weight 5.46g. The fragment is flat at the front and flat at the rear. The front is decorated in geometric form with concentric rings and radiating lines. The dished rim at the edge is broken and missing. At the rear is a complete catch-plate. The lines and rings at the contain gilding. The piece is corroded 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: | 400
600 | 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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