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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval long brooch, probably a small-long brooch. It is missing the outer edges of the headplate, the base of the foot and the pin due to old breaks. The headplate is flat, currently D-shaped in form although missing its outer edges due to old breaks and post-depositional wear. It appears undecorated but has extensive corrosion and pitting. Extensive iron corrosion on the back face of the headplate indicates the presence of a pn lug and incomplete iron pin. Extending from the base of the headplate is the bow, which is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section and steeply curved. It has rectangular panels at top and bottom decorated with incised double transverse grooves and triangular notches at the edges. The bow between is slightly faceted with a central ridge. At the base of the bow is the incomplete foot, which is rectangular in form and D-shaped in section, expanding at the base towards old breaks. At the top of the foot are traces of possible transverse grooves, now partially obscured by corrosion and post-depositional wear. Beneath this is a moulded rectangular panel with transverse grooves and oval shaped section. At the base of the foot is an incomplete terminal that is flat and slightly flaring before terminating in old breaks. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate, which is rectangular in form and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. The entire brooch measures 67.14mm in length, 18.48mm in current width at headplate, 10.04mm in width at bow, 4.49mm in thickness at bow, and 15.25g in weight.This is an incomplete small-long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date similar to examples published from Suffolk (for example: West, 1998: nos. 9.6, 15.3, 25.4, 28.1). It is of Early Anglo-Saxon date, c.5th-6th centuries 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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