DENO-A98506: Early Medieval cruciform brooch fragment.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: DENO-A98506

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch fragment, animal head terminal only, 6th century. Narrow triple collar moulding at the junction of the (missing) upper part of the foot with the terminal. Recessed prominent bulbous eyes with two longitudinal beaded lines defining the junction between the scrolled nostrils and the lunate extension, which has a central ring and dot and damaged corners. Flat reverse. None of the catchplate survives on this fragment of the brooch. Some fine grey-green patina, much patchy light/yellow/blue green corrosion. Length 53.21mm, width 23.30mm, thickness 5.3mm, weight 13.19g. For brooches with similar, although not identical terminals see MacGregor & Bollick 1993 ('Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections', Oxford) p102, no.12.17 and West 1998 ('Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk' East Anglian Archaeology 84) p14 & p128 no.12.8; and p26 & p140 no.24.9.

Class: cruciform

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: AD 500
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 53.21 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Weight: 13.19 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E5169 brooch 4

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: South Derbyshire (District)
To be known as: Barrow upon Trent area

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Disturbed

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E.	1993	A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Oxford	Tempvs Reparatum	p102 no.12.17
West, S.E.	1998	Corpus of Anglo Saxon material from Suffolk		East Anglian Archaeology	p14 no.12.8 & p128 : p26 no.24.9 & p140

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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