File:Ansate brooch of Middle Anglo-Saxon date (FindID 704895).jpg

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Ansate brooch of Middle Anglo-Saxon date
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Suffolk County Council, Andrew Brown, 2015-05-05 11:45:43
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Ansate brooch of Middle Anglo-Saxon date
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy ansate brooch of Middle Anglo-Saxon date. One terminal end and part of the bow survive, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is flat, rectangular in form with a flattened rectangular terminal and an incomplete slightly curved bow The front face of the object is covered with multiple punched ring and dot motifs, of which eleven survive. On the back face of the terminal is an area of corrosion, which might represent the remains of the separatelyapplied catchplate or pin lug. The entire object measures 16.54mm in length, 10.97mm in width, 0.88mm in thickness, and 0.93g in weight.

This is an incomplete ansate brooch of Middle Anglo-Saxon date. It finds parallels in other examples recorded through the PAS (e.g. SF-AD8D36,SF-B340A2, SF-BBEF11, SF-C21EE3, SF-B1A2C2, and NMS-8CD213). It is of c.8th-9th century AD date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 720 and 900
Accession number
FindID: 704895
Old ref: SF-1DF4A6
Filename: IKL_SF1DF4A6.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/515186
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/515186/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/704895
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