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A fragment of an Early Medieval copper alloy Great Square-headed brooch, dating AD 510-550.
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Ben Paites, 2015-08-25 13:51:29
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A fragment of an Early Medieval copper alloy Great Square-headed brooch, dating AD 510-550.
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English: A fragment of an Early Medieval copper alloy Great Square-headed brooch, dating AD 510-550. The foot and part of the bow remain, with the lower two lateral lobes having broken away. There are two lateral lobes still present towards the top of the bow. The object is decorated on one side with a central circular recess towards the broken end. there is a raised edge around the recess and it contains red glass or possibly garnet.Two ridges run down the centre of the bow, through the circular setting, ending just before a foliate design that resembles a quatrefoil. There are two ridges at the foot before a bulbous end. There is also a scrolling decoration on the upper lateral lobes. The object has a mid-light green patination and has been bent just above the foliate decoration. There are no traces of a catchplate, which was likely attached to the section of the brooch which is no longer present.

Kevin Leahey has identified this as the foot of a Great Square-headed brooch, with the closest parallel found in Hines (1997, 325, pl. 18b). The example in Hines is said to contain enamel inlay, whereas this example contains glass or garnet. This brooch belongs to Hines' group V, giving it a date of AD 510-550.

Dimensions: length: 35.74 mm; width: 18.53 mm; thickness: 3.59 mm; weight: 3.90g.

Reference: Hines, J. A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-headed Brooches. Woodbridge: Boydell Press.

Identification by Kevin Leahey, National Finds Advisor for Early Medieval Metalwork.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 510 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 737928
Old ref: ESS-C64C2C
Filename: EarlyMedobject.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/530596/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/737928
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Object location51° 50′ 18.96″ N, 0° 14′ 57.63″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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