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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-0A8122
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy cruciform brooch of early-Medieval date (AD 400-720). This fragment consists of a head plate and two wings. The reverse is undecorated with one worn lug where a hinged pin would have been affixed. The central plate is square in plan, the edges are marked by incised lines but is otherwise undecorated. The two wings are curved at their outer edges and grooved at their collars which are cast integrally to the headplate. The inner edge of each wing is incised with a line which runs alongside the incised line edging the central plate.
The metal is dark brownish green.
Similar examples can be seen on the PAS Database: Unique ID: PUBLIC-922077 and Unique ID: YORYM-452786 and in EAA 84, p. 3.
Length, 24.4. Height, 26.5. Weight, 6.3.
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.4 mm
Height: 26.5 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Shipton Thorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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