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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-AABF48
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Early Medieval cruciform brooch fragment representing part of the bow, Cast copper alloy, curved face with a narrow groove on its underside, faceted panel where the bow joined the headplate. This is decorated with two lightly incised lines linked by a row of short, longitudinal lines. These short lines also appear to have extended along the length of the bow but were worn away. It is not possible to classify this fragment more closely that Aberg II-V. Length 26.8mm, Width 18.0mm, Height 10.0mm, Mass 5.59g
Class:
Cruciform
Sub class: Aberg Group II-IV
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 470
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.8 mm
Height: 10 mm
Width: 18 mm
Weight: 5.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Image 535, Finder's No. 244
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7356
Four figure Latitude: 53.99488987
Four figure longitude: -0.88797588
1:25K map: SE7356
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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