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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-A59B17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy side knob from an Anglo-Saxon Florid cruciform brooch. It is flat with a spatulate terminal, flanked by two panels of intricate stylised mouldings in Style I. The design can be interpreted with the spatulate area projecting from mouth of a hman face. The nose is angular and raised. The cheeks and eyes are convex mouldins and there are interlaced ribbons which could represent a beard and moustache. On the reverse are traces of two broken lugs to support the pin axis bar. The knob has a brown colour, and little patina surviving. It dates to the 6th century, about 500-600 AD.
Class:
cruciform
Sub class: side knob
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.2 mm
Width: 31.1 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 7.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2010 - Tuesday 14th September 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1235
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: North Lincolnshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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