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English: Fragment consisting of the head of a cast copper alloy Frisian brooch of 'Domeberg type'. with traces of tinning on its face. The head is in the form of two confronted eagles' heads, their beaks defined by an incised palmette motif, their eyes by two ringed dots. The outer edge of the head-plate is marked by a row of close packed, triangular stamp impressions, these are also used to define the inner edges of the eagles' necks. A double row of stamp marks run down the crest of the D sectioned bow and there were further rows down each of its sides. It is possible that these side rows converged to the crest but corrosion and damage makes this point uncertain. The face of the brooch retains traces of tinning. On its underside are the remains of the two lugs that held the spring and pin traces of which survive as iron staining. The brooch was broken in antiquity and its foot is missing.

This brooch can be closely paralleled by two examples found at Wharram Percy, East Yorkshire which were discussed by Barry Ager (Non-Ferrous metal objects, (I R Goodall with a contribution on the Frisian brooches by B. Ager in Two Anglo-Saxon Buildings and Associated Finds, Warram; A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds, VII, York, 1992, 47-9, fig. 25, 14). These brooches are of a type which occurs in Frisia on sites such as Domberg and have been dated to the sixth century.