File:Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch (FindID 267138).jpg

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Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Jane Carr, 2009-09-01 17:58:08
Title
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
Description
English: A copper alloy Early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. it is complete except for its pin. The head has a full-round top knob sitting on a waisted stem attached to the head-plate which is rectangular. There are two narrow wings attached to either side of the central panel. The headplate measures 8.37mm in length and 10.97mm in width. The bow is semi-circular in profile, and widens at its centre to 11.72mm. It tapers to the start of the foot and has a band of transverse moulding (three bands and two grooves) at its base and before the foot begins. The top of the foot is 6.5mm in width with a further band of transverse moulding, before it starts to taper towards its base where it measures 4.4mm in width. There is an elongated horse-head terminal defined by two transverse bands above the raised ridge of the eyebrows. A longitudinal raised ridge down the centre marks the horse's nose, and there is a spatulate terminal for its nostrils. On the reverse are the remains of the catchplate. The brooch measures 66.62mm in length and weighs 9.78g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 500 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 267138
Old ref: SF-409203
Filename: HRH SF-409203.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/220582
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/220582/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/267138
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