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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval cruciform brooch fragment. It is the animal head terminal only, the rest of the object is missing due to old breaks. The terminal is worn with patches of corrosion. The animal head consists of a pair of ears above a transverse groove. The animal's snout is squared off with a hint of knops at each corner to suggest nostrils. The metalwork running round the edge of the snout has split in antiquity and a tiny rivet has been placed at the centre of the snout near the nostrils, to hold the terminal together. Whilst this is reminiscent of a strap-end terminal it is unlikely that the object functioned as such. The animal-head terminals for strap-ends are usually solid, with the split for strap attachment occurring at the opposite end of the object. The underside of the terminal is flat. It measures 25.78mm in surviving length, 8.11mm in width, and weighs 4.37g.
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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