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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy early medieval ?ansate? brooch. The bow of the brooch is semicircular in section, having a domed front and flattened reverse. It has a gently arched profile. The terminals at either end of the bow are not expanded and are of equal width with the rest of the brooch. The ends are flattened off. The brooch is very worn, but it is possible to see one integrally moulded transverse line at the centre of the bow. The reverse of the brooch is plain. To the rear of one terminal is a double pin bar lug, which still holds the very corroded pin bar. The other terminal is stained with orangey brown corrosion, whilst the catchplate is entirely missing. The pin is also missing. None of the original surface of the object survives and it has a browny green patina. The brooch is 46.46mm long, 7.66mm wide, 3.34mm thick and weighs 6.7g. A similar brooch can be seen in West, 1998, A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology report 84, Suffolk County Council, figure 134.6. Brooches of this type date from the 8th or 9th century. | 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: | 700
900 | 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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