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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date. all that remains of the brooch is a spatulate zoomorphic stylized horse's head terminal. The terminal comprises small raised knops to represent the eyes of the beast from which the snout expands into flaring nostrils which as inverted comma shaped with circular bases. Extending out from between the nostrils is the projecting spatulate terminal.The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch fragment is 46.8mm long, 33.5mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 11.4g.
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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