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Description: | The object is a fragment of a brooch. It is made from cast copper alloy. The upper portion of the brooch is a sub-square shape in plan, however the upper and left-hand vertical edge are abraded, the right-hand vertical edge is less abraded. The outer face of this portion is undecorated. On the reverse, towards the lower edge is an integral lug, which is a rectangular shape, with the vertical edge being broken. This edge has an incomplete hole in the centre. Around this lug is iron corrosion, suggesting the pin was originally made from iron. Protruding and integral to the lower edge of this sub-square section is the bow, which is triangular in section and is curved in profile. The outer surface of the bow is convex. The lower terminal of the bow is a broken edge, which did not occur recently. The reverse of the bow is slightly hollow. The surface of the brooch has a patchy heavy dark green patina, but the majority is abraded In length it measures 32.76mm and 15.93mm wide. It weighs 6g.
This brooch is probably a Small-Long type of brooch from the Early Medieval period. These type of brooches date to the 5th to 6th centuries. | 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: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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