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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) small-long brooch (c. 450-c. 550). The lower part of the brooch and the pin are missing. The brooch has a trefoil head-plate with 'D'-shaped arms, square and plain at the centre. The bow is arched in side profile and tapers in width slightly from the top to the bottom where there is an old transverse break. The top of the bow has a width of 9.8mm and the width at the bottom is 8.9mm. At the front, the top of the bow is flat and its lower part is bulbous with chamfer at each corner. The rear of the bow is flat. At the rear of the head there is a central incomplete pin lug (9.4 x 2.7mm) around which there is iron staining. This brooch has a matt mid-green patina with some areas of pitting and corrosion. The breaks are old. No evidence of melting or burning. 45.9 x 36.0 x 2.7mm. Weight: 13.92g.
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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