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Description: | An incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy bow brooch (small-long or cruciform), with a highly corroded surface and the lower end of the footplate missing from an ancient break. The stub of the catchplate survives on the reverse, also an ancient break, the pin is missing and the vertical single pin-lug has a recent break across the perforation. The headplate comprises a plain, slightly trapezoid central panel, with half-rounded side and top knobs. The side knobs are quite flat with two transverse grooves. The top knob is waisted. The bow is hollow-backed and has a median groove and rectangular panels on the front, forming facets at both ends. It may be compared with a more elaborate example from Gisleham, Suffolk, described as a small-long brooch with a cruciform head in West (1998), fig. 47.3. The surviving piece measures 43.4 mm long and 24.5 mm wide; the headplate panel measures 8.5mm long and 10.2 mm wide. This style of brooch may date from the late 5th century.
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