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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy small-long brooch (c. 475-c. 600).The pin and the lower part of the leg are missing.The head plate is flat and rectangular in plan and measures 15.4mm in width, 12.9mm in height and 1.6mm in thickness. At the front it has a double lined border of pointed oval stamp marks. There are similar marks forming a single vertical line at the centre. The bow is broadly square in plan and curved at the rear. It measures 7.2mm in height, 6.9mm in width and has a maximum thickness of 3.6mm. At the front it is crudely decorated with two horizontal shallow grooves. Immediately below the bow the surviving part of the leg has two lappet-like features, one at either side and their overall width is 15.4mm. From these, each side tapers inwards and then flare outwards towards a transverse break. At the front, this part has a horizontal line of stamp marks immediately beneath the bow and a vertical line at the centre. These marks are similar to those on the head plate. At the rear, centrally situated is an integral pin lug pierced with a circular hole to accommodate an axis bar. It is 'D'-shaped in side profile and a fragment of the iron axis bar survives within the hole. Centrally situated at the rear of the leg is an incomplete catch-plate.This brooch has a mid-green patina and iron staining is present around the pin lug. Tthe breaks are old. There is no indication of melting or burning. Traces of tinning can be seen under magnification.Height: 34.6mm; width at head: 15.4mm; overall thickness: 11.6mm. Weight: 5.54g.A similar brooch has been published (MacGregor and Bollick 1993: 134, fig. 15.36).MacGregor, A and Bollick, E. 1993. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections in the Ashmolean Museum. British Archaeological Reports (British Series) 230.
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