|
Date: |
|
Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy early medieval brooch of small-long brooch type dating to the 5th or 6th century AD. The fragment consists of the head and a small portion of the bow and is roughly rectangular with a length of 17.65mm, a width of 20.54mm and a thickness of 1.37mm. It weighs 4.2g.There are two worn breaks on the fragment, one occurs at the junction of the head and the bow of the brooch and the other is along the left edge, when viewed with the bow of the brooch at the base. Along the right edge there is a notch at either corner with a length of 1.31mm. Leading from the notches are circular perforations with a diameter of 1.64mm each. The upper notch cuts into the brooch leaving a gap. There is then a narrow strip between the notch and the perforation. The lower notch is not so pronounced and does not cut the metal away and instead is formed of a groove leading from the edge of the brooch to the perforation. Directly opposite and along the left edge are another two perforations. The break along the left edge runs across these perforations and therefore both are incomplete but have a rough diameter of 1.75mm. Due to the break, the notches are also missing.Running from the top edge to the broken base edge of the fragment is a raised central panel. It is the smae width as the top of the brooch between the notches but tapers slightly to the bow. The panel is positioned 4.40mm from the right edge and 4.60mm from the widest point of the left edge. It is possible that this difference in width is because the side panels were originally different sizes, but, due to its orientation, it is more likely that the raised central panel was situated off centre. Down the right side of the panel there are traces of a row of double-crescent stamps with the curves facing outwards. Any other decoration has been lost due to the wear on the fragment. The panel is 10.96mm in length and the brooch is 1.89mm thick at this point.On the reverse of the fragment is a centrally located pin lug. The lug has an incomplete height of 5.54mm, a length of 8.14mm and a thickness of 2.48 mm. The top of the lug has a transverse break down its length. It is possible that the lug was broken across a perforation but the nature of the break makes this impossible to tell. There is a small amount of iron corrosion surrounding the lug which indicates that the pin and the pin bar, now lost, would have been made of iron.The fragment has similarities with Macgregor and Bolick 1993 Cat. No. 15.48 p. 137
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Fragment of headplate from a…
-
BROOCH
Fragment of headplate from a…
-
BROOCH
Fragment of headplate from a…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete cast copper alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete cast copper alloy cruciform…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy long brooch…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy small-long…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy small-long…
-
BROOCH
Narrow cruciform brooch made of…
-
BROOCH
Narrow cruciform brooch made of…
|