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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast Birdlip brooch, Mackreth type 4.1.c. A tubular head entirely encloses an axis bar retaining the stub of a hinged pin, and is separated from a thick strip bow by an integrally cast oval plate. The top of the bow bears a V-shaped central moulding flanked by lunate mouldings with gutters between these elements. Below these, a pair of tongue-shaped tabs project with an upward curve, while the lower bow (mostly lost) continues straight down behind these features. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 1-45.Length: 31.6mm, Width: 12.3mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 4.4mm, Weight: 12.04gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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