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Description: | An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date Anglo-Saxon, Aberg Group II-IV 450 - 500AD. Only the knob survives which is half-round with a flattened and hollow back face. The flat attachment end has a slot across it into which the headplate would originally have fitted. Just behind this is a hole blocked with iron corrosion from the pin bar; this hole ran all the way through the knob and iron corrosion is also visible at the top or far end. In the centre of the knob is a narrowed waist dividing the knob into a lower or inner part and a flattish upper or outer part; both have a double groove running around the front flanking the waist, but the flat back is undecorated the remainder of the brooch is missing. The headplate would probably have been rectangular in form with a raised central rectangular panel and rectangular wings to either side. On the back face of the headplate there would have been an integrally cast semi-circular single pin lug and iron pin. The length is 16mm, and the width is 9mm.
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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