File:Fragment of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch (FindID 928487).jpg

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Fragment of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch
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Norfolk County Council, Andrew Williams, 2020-07-07 13:19:38
Title
Fragment of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch
Description
English: Fragment of an unusual gilt copper alloy cruciform brooch (extant width 35.5mm, extant length 28mm, weight 11.45g), head-plate, upper edge broken, both wings broken, one across the remains of two perforations, the other also with two perforations, both containing the corroded remains of an iron rivet and retaining a scrap of silver applique sheet on the face. Sub-triangular or trefoil-shaped stamps with twin-barred points or foils and a central pellet border the sides of the central panel. Cracked above the junction with the rectangular panel on the surviving stump of the missing bow. There are the remains of a single lug on the reverse, broken across the perforation containing a fragment of iron pin. All breaks ancient. c. AD 480-530.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 480 and 530
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FindIdentifier: 928487
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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/1109226
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1109226/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/928487
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Object location52° 39′ 51.84″ N, 1° 30′ 09.68″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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