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Description: | A cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of the Anglo-Saxon tradition, dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 500-600.The brooch is incomplete, with only the head and the bow remaining, the head itself also incomplete. The bow is carinated with notched, projecting corners where it joins the head. The bow joins the central panel of the head, with may have stamped ring-and-dot or triangular decoration along its edges, though corrosion obscured the detail. To either side of the central panel are the remains of a wing, though only the base of the wing remains, extending no more than 3mm from the central panel. The top of the central panel bears a cast integral headknob with a rectangular collar base in relief bearing a mushroom-shaped knob (in plan); in section, the headknob is D-shaped or halfround. The opposite end of the bow is broken above its base where it would join the foot.The reverse of the brooch bears a single incomplete lug in the centre of the head, with some iron corrosion around the base of this lug. The underside of the headknop is also concave.
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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