Rights Holder: Norfolk County Council
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Unique ID: NMS-7844D6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a Middle Saxon ansate brooch, comprising the circular terminal and part of the bow. The terminal is engraved with a cross within a lozenge within a circle. There is a double pin lug with an iron spindle on the reverse. It may be compared with Hübener 1972 Gruppe I, and Thörle 2001 Gruppe II 1c, and is close to an example from Canterbury (ibid. Taf.13.10). It is 11mm wide and dates from the 8th century.
Class: Ansate
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 800
Quantity: 1
Width: 11 mm
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SMR reference number: 40302
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Hübener, W. | 1972 | Gleicharmige Bügelfibeln der Merowingerzeit in Westeuropa, Madriger Mitteilungen | Madrid | Deutches Archäologisches Institut | |||
Thörle, S. | 2001 | Gleicharmige Bügelfibeln des Frühen Mittelalters | Bonn | Habelt |