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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-F1BE89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete penannular brooch of Early-Medieval date. The brooch is of Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F) with stylised zoomorphic terminals. Roughly half of the brooch frame remains and is circular in cross-section widening to a rectangular terminal with small knoped projections at each corner. This terminal is thought to represent a degraded form of zoomorphic decoration. The pin remains in tact with a tapering circular section and is fitted around the frame by a barrel-like loop consisting of hollow cylinder with moulded detail of raised bands and ridges. The tip of the pin has been lost to a worn break.
The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. The brooch frame is 37.4mm long and 3.3mm in diameter; the terminal is 5.2mm x 3.3mm and the pin is 34.7mm long. The object weighs 3.9g.
Numerous similar brooches have been recorded on the PAS database, for examples see: LIN-0C0594, SF10237, NCL-A31A61, LEIC-05BAF6 and NLM-A0DEB5.
This brooch was found close to YORYM-F0C9C7 and YORYM-F1CF56.
Class:
Penannular
Sub class: Booth Type F (Fowlers Type F)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.4 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Diameter: 3.3 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
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