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Description: | A damaged and bent fragment from an early-medieval (5th- to 6th-century Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy saucer brooch. The brooch would originally have been circular in plan with an upturned rim. Perhaps a sixth of the original brooch survives, broken before the upturned rim survives. The upper surface of the brooch is divided into concentric decorative zones divided by a raised circle: The inner zone is comprised of a raised radial ridges that travel out to the circular border; there may have been something within. The main decorative zone is comprised of Salin style I zoomorphic decoration: seemingly legs formed of three strands that run into each other with wedge fillers around. The outer zone is decorated with triple-stranded swags also with wedge shaped fillers. The reverse of the brooch has an integrally cast lug, most likely to be the catch-plate. There is no trace of iron corrosion on the reverse of the brooch. The artefact is now mainly a purple/brown colour with areas of yellow/brown corrosion product and some patches of light green. Due to the condition of the brooch, an exact parallel cannot be found. Zoomorphic designs are less common on saucer brooches than geometric designs.
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