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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF6179

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper-alloy annular brooch. Circular and 20.5 mm in diameter, it is rectangular in cross-section (3.5 x 1.5 mm). One face is decorated with an engraved black-letter inscription. There is a pin constriction on which the loop of a copper-alloy pin survives, and opposite this a shallow grooved pin rest. The inscription is difficult to read, but starts domine ne. It can be completely reconstructed with the help of the very similar SF-52ADB1 as domine ne [pin rest] in furore tu[o] (O Lord, do not rebuke me in thine anger).

Another similar example is recorded on th PAS database (LON-D6A623). The text is the opening line of both Psalm 6 and Psalm 38.

Class: annular
Inscription: domine ne in furore tum

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 3.5 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.72 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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