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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-0FABC1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy supporting-arm brooch (or Stutzarmfibel) dating to c. 420-c. 480 AD. The head is an inverted triangle with an obliquely angled reverse, which has perforated terminals which would have supported the axis, spring and pin. The top of the bow has two pairs of transverse linear groove as decoration before the bow arches and tapers to become rectangular in cross-section. Towards the base of the bow is a further pair of transverse grooves. The vertical foot is also decorated with a pair of transverse grooves, and on the reverse has a short, solid catchplate which is now incomplete. The terminal of the foot, beneath the catchplate, is very short and angled forward The surface of the brooch has a matte mid grey/green coloured patina. It measures 42.13mm long, 20.8mm wide and weighs 9.5g.

This brooch fits into Bohme's Typ Perlberg (Bohme 1974).

Class: supporting arm

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 420
Date to: Circa AD 480

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.13 mm
Width: 20.8 mm
Weight: 9.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd July 2013 - Wednesday 2nd October 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Hindlip (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8858
Four figure Latitude: 52.22007644
Four figure longitude: -2.17707465
1:25K map: SO8858
1:10K map: SO85NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S.	2004	Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection	London	The Society of Antiquaries	p.179
Worrell, S.	2007	Roman Brooch Timeline

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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