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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy miniature bow brooch (c. AD 450-c. 550).This brooch is the upper part and consists of the head-plate, about half of the bow and the pin-lug.The head-plate is flat and semi-circular in plan. It has three flat rounded knops, one at the apex and one at each lower corner. At the front of the head, evenly spaced ring-and-dot motifs extend along each edge but not along the bottom of the plate.The parallel sided bow is arched in side profile and sub-triangular in cross-section. It is carinated at the front and flat at the rear. Each side of the bow has a narrow facet which extends along it length. The base of the bow is in the form of a transverse break. On the rear face of the head-plate the pin-lug is off-centre and 'D'-shaped in side profile. The perforation in the pin-lug contains an iron axis bar. There is iron at each side of the pin-lug.This brooch has a matt olive green patina which has been lost in places to damage or corrosion and the iron is also corroded. The break on the bow is old.There is no indication of melting or burning.Height: 21.94mm; width: 13.17mm; thickness: 12.33mm. Weight: 3.41g.Width of bow: 5.59mm; thickness of bow: 3.34mm.
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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