NMS-5D0970: Early Medieval florid cruciform brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-5D0970

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete side knob from an Early Saxon florid cruciform brooch, cast sub-rectangular Style I mask with large eyebrows, eyes, nose and prominent moustache, integral longitudinal tube on reverse for pin bar. 21 x 19mm. Leeds and Pocock's (1971) Group V. Late 6th/early 7th century.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 550
Date to: AD 650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2008 - Tuesday 30th September 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Roudham

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Leeds, E.T. and Pocock, M.	1971	A Survey of Anglo-Saxon Cruciform brooches of Florid Type, Medieval Archaeology	London	The Society for Medieval Archaeology

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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