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Early Medieval Great Square Headed Brooch
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Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2013-01-24 12:23:54
Title
Early Medieval Great Square Headed Brooch
Description
English: Three fragments of an Early Saxon gilt copper alloy great square-headed brooch:

1. Bow disk comprising a damaged gilt disc with central disc-headed rivet within stamped radiating double-triangles with an annulet at the point. Diam.20.5mm. Length of rivet 8mm.

2. Fragment of footplate rounded side lobe with remains of silver sheet appliqué. Surviving length 9mm. Width 14mm. 2mm thick.

3. Fragment of footplate with rounded terminal lobe covered with fragment of silver sheet appliqué, part of grooved inner panel flanked by lines of stamped annulets and with a horizontal lines of three stamped double-triangles with an annulet at the pointprojecting from junction with the terminal disc. Surviving length 36mm. Width 24mm. 2.5mm thick.

Each fragment has traces of vivianite. Recent breaks. Mid to late 6th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 550 and 570
Accession number
FindID: 538412
Old ref: NMS-EBC5D3
Filename: 34355_EBC5D3_ES_GreatSquareHeadedBrooch.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/413218
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/413218/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/538412
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Object location52° 35′ 05.28″ N, 0° 37′ 17.53″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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