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Description: | Early Saxon copper alloy bow brooch, either a small long or cruciform brooch. Rectangular head-plate with a row of > shaped stamps along each long edge, narrow rectangular wings, integral slightly hollow-backed half-round knops with double concave mouldings, the upper knop broken near the join with the head-plate, the terminal of one side knop missing.Triangular facets at the springing of the shallow D-sectioned bow. Faint transverse lines on surviving part of foot-plate before transverse break across incomplete catch-plate and foot. Double-pierced lugs on reverse of head-plate between which is corroded iron. No iron corrosion on surviving part of catch-plate from (missing) pin.Head-plate height 13mm. Width 13mm. Width including wings 21mm. Width including surviving knops 35mm. Total surviving length 47mm.Late 5th - 6th century.
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