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Description: | A late Early Medieval lead disc brooch. The brooch is flat, circular and decorated with cast Borre-style interlace.The decoration comprises two elongated beasts intertwinned and biting their tail. The body of the beasts are decorated with ribs and each head is pointed oval. There are pellet-in-ring motifs located just inside the perimeter within angles and further examples located in the gaps between the bodies towards the middle. There is a large pellet in the centre. The perimeter of the brooch is decorated with pellets.The reverse of the brooch has two worn lugs surrounded by iron corrosion, and a large complete catchplate.This is most likely to be a 10th century English variant of a Scandinavian brooch type, it is a fusion of interlace style ultimately derived from Scandinavia combined with the Anglo-Saxon flat disc brooch shape.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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