HAMP3109: Micheldever: early Anglo-Saxon brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP3109

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Incomplete, cast copper-alloy plate brooch; zoomorphic. The flat body is narrow with a docked tail and a hind and fore leg represented. The neck, which is as wide as the body, is broken off close to the junction with the body and the head is missing. There is a square projection, which is broken, protruding from the back, just past the mid-way point. An integrally cast zig-zag shaped plate connects the fore and hind legs. Stamped circular motifs occur on the neck, legs and lower body and on the zig-zag feature (which may be intended to represent grass?). Single pierced hinge is 6.5mm long and has iron corrosion from missing pin. Deep catchplate, 6mm long, with end curled up and in. Long scratches on the upper surface. No parallels are known.

Class: Zoomorphic

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: Circa AD 500
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 5.73 g

Discovery dates

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

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Stamped
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Micheldever (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5139
Four figure Latitude: 51.147997
Four figure longitude: -1.272264
1:25K map: SU5139
1:10K map: SU53NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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