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Early-medieval Great square-headed brooch fragment
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Early-medieval Great square-headed brooch fragment
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English: A fragment of a copper-alloy Great square-headed brooch of probable late 5th to 6th century (Anglo-Saxon) date. The piece represents a side or terminal lobe from the footplate of the brooch. Such lobes of anthropomorphic form are a common feature of Hines' Group II brooches (see J. Hines; 1997; fig. 17).

The piece is sub-oval in form, having slightly convex vertical edges. The upper surface bears a well-executed design in high relief, which takes the form a stylised human face. The upper head is tri-lobate. The uppermost lobe contains a circular depression; the lower two lobes contain the large, pointed-oval eyes and the trapezoidal nose, which extends upwards into the brow ridge. Directly below the nose is a moustache and, below this, a vertical column-like neck with a central ropework element. The aforementioned column extends beyond a transverse ridge to the broken bottom edge. Surrounding the face is a flat field and around the perimeter is a ridge. The surface is heavily gilt.

It measures 28.6mm long, 13.9mm wide and 4.4mm thick. No weight was recorded.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date between 550 and 700
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FindID: 195837
Old ref: BH-24D992
Filename: Early med mount Tingrith - 7.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/152331
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/152331/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/195837
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