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Description: | The incomplete head of a cast copper-alloy early Anglo Saxon small-long brooch.The head is rectangular in shape, with three flat T-shaped 'knobs', one on the top (partly missing) and one to either side (one complete, one largely missing). These 'knobs' are derived from those found on cruciform brooches, and have rounded corners. The waists joining them to the centre of the headplate are formed from pairs of U-shaped cut-outs. There are the remains of a lug on the back, which would have held the spring mechanism (now missing). The head is undecorated and is broken across the bottom, above the point from which the bow would spring. Brooches of this type usually date to the late 5th or early 6th century, c. 450-550 AD.
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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