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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval penannular brooch dating from about AD 1000 - 1400 and of a type from the Finno-Ugrian areas of Russia.The brooch has a wire loop of 25.2mm diameter. The wire is sub-circular in section and is 2.2mm diameter. The terminals of the penannular hoop are long flat triangular plates, made in one with the hoop. They are decorated along the outer edge of each terminal with an incised zig-zag line and have a circular hole of about 1.8mm diameter in the rounded outer corner. A fainter, shallow but wide incised line is positional in the centre of each straight, inner edges of the terminals. These lines are oblique and together form a chevron pointing towards the outer end of the terminals, away from the hoop. The reverse of the brooch in plain. The metal has a smooth olive green patina. The pin also survives and is complete. It is circular in section and tapers to a point at one end, while expanding to a rectangular sectioned strip which is coiled into a loop, wrapped round the hoop. It has a similar patina.The brooch has been idenitifed by Barry Ager of the British Museum as Medieval Finno-Ugrian. It can be compared to examples held by the British Museum such as 1922,0601.78-79 which has flate triangular terminals, but which is more ornate, being silver with twisted wires; some nielloed. It is dated as 12th - 14th century and is from a cemetery in Muranok, Tatarstan. There is also 1905,0524.26-32 which has similar terminals but is copper alloy and has punch geometric decoration. It is 11th - 13th century and is from Efaevo, Mordvinia.The brooch is 56.22mm long, 32.12mm wide and 2.3mm thick (the loop of the pin is 7.28mm thick). 11.22g.
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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