NMS-4C698C: Incomplete early Saxon brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-4C698C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete copper alloy early Saxon small long brooch with missing foot. It consists of a central sub-square plate with three sides extending in flat cruciform arms with symmetrically waisted middles joining to expanded crescentic-shaped ends. The fourth side extends via a transverse faceted collar to form an arched bow with a central arris. The bow joins the upper part of the foot in a further facetted collar of the same design and continues to a pair of transverse raised collars, after which it terminates in an old break. On the reverse of the upper foot is the much eroded perpendicular projection of the catchplate. The sub-square head-plate is decorated with a column of outward-pointing chevrons set the width of the bow apart, these chevrons are repeated around the crescent ends of the arms. There is a single pin lug on the reverse of the plate covered in a rusty iron concretion. Circa AD 450-550.

Class: Small long

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 31.2 mm
Weight: 17.13 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th November 2019 - Sunday 17th November 2019

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 63841
Other reference: INDGD29012020AW

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Bressingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM0783
Four figure Latitude: 52.40583403
Four figure longitude: 1.04171306
1:25K map: TM0783
1:10K map: TM08SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 3 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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