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Description: | A copper alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment. It consists of the foot with the horse's head terminal, the bow and part of the catchplate behind, the rest of the brooch missing due to old breaks. The incomplete upper terminal broken off before the head of the brooch, is undecorated but has a faceted centre, and is sharply curved to give a hooked shape. behind this and running longitudinally is the catchplate, 38.55mm in length. Beneath this the flat panel is plain apart from two diagonal, grooved lines on either side which finish at a horizontal rib, forming a collar above the horse head. The brow is undefined and the eyes are rounded, projecting out to either side of the head. The nostrils are narrow, and flare slightly to spatulate terminal which is worn and incomplete.The brooch measures 66.26mm in length, 12.07mm in width and weighs 20.29g. A similar brooch is illustrated in West 1998 (fig 133,11) from Wenhaston, Suffolk. This is an early type of brooch dating to the fifth century AD.
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