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Description: | An Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch, with the lower footplate missing. It comprises half-round knobs, each with double transverse grooves within the waist, and the upper one also with the same outside it. There is a trapezoidal panel, slightly flaring wings, and a bow with a rectangular panel forming facets at the top and the base. There are small and simple lappets at the top of the footplate, all of which is missing below the base of the catchplate. Any decorative detail on most of the front is obscured by corrosion products. There is a single pin lug on the reverse with the remains of the iron spring. A mass of concreted, probably iron-stained, soil covers the reverse of the bow and parts of the reverse of the footplate. The break across the footplate is not recent. The surviving piece is 56mm wide and 65mm long. It dates from the early 6th century.
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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