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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-7A4511
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy Viking age disc brooch with Borre-style decoration, measuring 29.59mm in diameter. This brooch is decorated with a relief pattern with a raised central lozenge and a sunken circle in the middle. The corners of the lozenge are expanded to form double stranded interlace in the form of loose knots, each double strand ending with a rounded terminal. The design is exactly the same (ie cast from the same mould) as SF-D855A4 and SF-B20403. The type is illustrated and described in Kershaw, 'Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches', p. 24, fig. 12.
On the reverse there is a transverse pin bar lug and a complete catchplate. This is most likely to be a 10th century English variant of a Scandinavian brooch type, it is a fusion of interlace style ultimately derived from Scandinavia combined with the Anglo-Saxon flat disc brooch shape.
6.05g
Class: East Anglian series
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.05 g
Diameter: 29.59 mm
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