File:An Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch fragment (FindID 94696).jpg

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An Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch fragment
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Philippa Walton, 2005-05-10 15:53:39
Title
An Anglo-Saxon square headed brooch fragment
Description
English: An incomplete Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The headplate is missing. The bow is arched. There is a rib of horizontal stamped decoration at the apex of the bow running its length.The bow is also decorated with rows of marginal stamped hemisphere and dots. There is stepped moulding and horizontal groove at the point where the bow meets the flat panel of the foot. The borders of the flat panel are decorated with stamped hemispheres and dot. The flat panel is flanked with two semi-circular lappets with grooved spiralling scroll decoration. The flat is panel is separated from the horse head terminal by a half-round panel comprising two collars of three horizontal ribs each. The horse head terminal is fragmentary. However, two raised circular eyes are visible. On the underside of the brooch, the catchplate runs the length of the flat panel and half-round panel. The catchplate is damaged but is semi-circular in shape. The brooch has a dark brown patina. In places, especially on the bow and foot, the surface of the brooch is pitted and green corrosion products are visible. The current length of the brooch is 64mm. The maximum width of the bow is 18mm. The width of the flat plate including lappets is 30mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date EARLY MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 94696
Old ref: NCL-9FBF13
Filename: asbroochgates.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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/61181
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/61181/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/94696
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Object location53° 59′ 21.12″ N, 0° 53′ 54.75″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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