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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-382307
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Middle Saxon copper alloy Ansate brooch, rectangular sectioned, the bow bent into a low hump. Separate pin lug and catchplate secured by iron rivets, both are missing. The front is decorated with four sets of four oblique lines in a saltire arrangement between punched dots, separated by five transverse ribs each with multiple transverse engraved lines. Copper alloy rivet through one end (probably a repair) with corroded copper alloy fragment on the reverse of one terminal, patch of possible solder on the reverse of the other. Thörle 2001 Gruppe XI. Length 48mm. Width 9mm. 3mm thick. 8th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th October 2012 - Monday 15th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 35713
Other reference: NMD102012
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6808
Four figure Latitude: 52.643726
Four figure longitude: 0.481644
1:25K map: TF6808
1:10K map: TF60NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thörle, S. | 2001 | Gleicharmige Bügelfibeln des Frühen Mittelalters | Bonn | Habelt |
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