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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy square-headed brooch of Early-medieval date. All that remains of the brooch is the worn rectangular head plate and a small portion of the curved bow.The head plate is decorated with chip carved geometric Style I decoration consisting of a rectangular panel above the bow and three radiating three-sided borders. The rectangular panel is decorated with unclear space filling elements framed on three sides by a rectangular border of basket-hatching. This is in turn framed by a raised border of ring and dot with an upper panel of abstract zoomorphic decoration and flanked by strips of raised pellets. The outer edges of the head plate are extremely worn rendering any potential further decoration illegible. Two worn panels to either side of the central line of the bow appear to also bear abstract zoomorphic decoration and a central perforation filled with iron corrosion is present. Gilding remains in the recessed areas of the front surface of the brooch.From the reverse of the head two worn lugs coated in iron corrosion are all that remain of the pin mechanism.The metal has a bright green patina and survives in good condition despite wear around the edges. The brooch fragment is 43.8mm long, 46.5mm wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs 25.1g.Square headed brooches originated in Scandinavia in the 5th century and spread to Britain and Continental Europe towards the end of the 5th century (Rogers, p.119).This is possibly part of the same brooch as YORYM-2D0535.
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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