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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Part of the headplate and one side knop survive intact, the remainder of the object now incomplete due to old breaks. The surviving fragment of the headplate is flat, sub-rectangular in form and with short lengths of complete edges at the top and along one side. At its centre the headplate has an incomplete raised panel decorated with a border of punched dots. Extending from one side is an integrally cast knop that is half round with semi-circular top, narrow neack and projecting collar that is decorated with transverse grooves. The entire object is extremely worn and corroded, and in places the surfaces have a bubbled appearance probably resultant from exposure to high temperatures. This brooch fragment measures 24.32mm in length, 35.35mm in width (including knop), 3.10mm in thickness at plate, and weighs 9.07g.This is an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch that has been subject to high temperatures, probably as a result of usage in a cremation burial. It dates to the 6th century, c.500-600 AD.
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