File:Early Saxon fragment of square-headed brooch (FindID 130837).jpg

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Early Saxon fragment of square-headed brooch
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Norfolk County Council, Ellen Bales, 2006-04-25 09:32:55
Title
Early Saxon fragment of square-headed brooch
Description
English: Fragment of Early Saxon Great square-headed brooch, broken, burnt and slightly distorted. Small part of footplate, decorated with grooved central bar between four narrow transversely notched ribs and outer ribs ending in perforated lobes at junction with terminal lobe. In the centre of the lobe, which is edged at the top by oblique beaded ribs, a mask in high relief with pointed chin, tiny eyes and nose faces upwards. The lower edge of the lobe is missing, the granular break a result of fire. >26 x >29mm. 5th-6th century AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 400 and 600
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FindID: 130837
Old ref: NMS-DE0ED3
Filename: NMD March 06 01.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/100020
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/100020/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/130837
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