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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-5D3FCD
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy probable annular brooch of medieval date, probable about AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch is incomplete with part of the frame missing, including the presumed constriction for the pin. The frame is oval in plan and rectangular in section. The front face is decorated with incised symbols, perhaps intended to be letters, but none are clearly identifiable as Roman or lombardic letters. It is perhaps an inscription rendered by an illiterate maker. If the inscription is in blackletter, the lines are outlineing letters rather than forming letters themselves, but the legend still appears to be blundered (Laura Burnett, pers comm.). The reverse is plain and the breaks are patinated. The patina is dark green to black, and where scratched, the metal is a bright brass or gold colour. The brooch is 54mm long, 51mm wide and 3.2mm thick. The frame is 9.7mm wide. 20.83g. There are several other examples of brooches with blundered inscriptions on the database, as well as Medieval brooches with inscriptions such as AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA, for example SWYOR-490007.
Class:
Annular
Inscription:
[...]
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 51 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 20.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th October 2014 - Thursday 4th December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2453
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kirton in Lindsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9299
Four figure Latitude: 53.47969312
Four figure longitude: -0.61518044
1:25K map: SK9299
1:10K map: SK99NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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