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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF3594
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete ansate brooch, with one terminal missing (old break). The bow is narrow (6.5 mm wide), U-shaped in section, and has a smooth steep curve. The terminal is flat in section and flares to 13 mm wide. The bow is decorated with three longitudinal rows of ring-and dot, and the terminal has five further ring-and-dot motifs. On the reverse of the terminal is a transverse pin lug with a little iron staining from the pin. Surviving length 34 mm; probable original length c. 48 mm. Although this type is dated on the Continent to the late sixth century onwards, it seems more likely that in England it is confined to the 8th and 9th centuries.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 1167.
Class:
ansate
Sub class: Weetch type V
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 5.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK LITTLE BLAKENHAM
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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