File:Late Saxon fragment of strap end (FindID 120136).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (1,944 × 2,592 pixels, file size: 894 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Late Saxon fragment of strap end
Photographer
Norfolk County Council, Ellen Bales, 2006-01-19 12:23:04
Title
Late Saxon fragment of strap end
Description
English: Late early medieval trefoil brooch fragment, of Scandinavian type, flat-backed of thin section (2mm), curved terminal with surviving elaborate counter-relief decoration comprising at roundel flanked by 'ears and with curling tendrils springing downward and flanking twin longitudinal lines joining roundel at base, this has twin lines springing from either side following and merging with edge, 24 x >21mm.

Jane Kershaw has identified this as a Trefoil brooch, Maixner Type P 2.4, probably of Scandinavian manufacture.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 850 and 1066
Accession number
FindID: 120136
Old ref: NMS-5F4705
Filename: Img_0987.jpg
Credit line
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/89736
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/89736/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/120136
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Other versions

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:53, 5 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 10:53, 5 February 20171,944 × 2,592 (894 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, NMS, FindID: 120136, early medieval, page 4373, batch direction-asc count 58784

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Late_Saxon_fragment_of_strap_end_(FindID_120136).jpg&oldid=809988028"