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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-B7D4C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A half-round copper alloy side knob from a cruciform brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date. It has a circular dome with flat base, and a narrowed waist. The base is decorated with a central circumferential groove, and has a small, sub-rectangular tab extending down from one edge, with worn edges. Iron corrosion remains on the base of the knob, which is likely to represent the remains of the iron pin bar which was held by the knob. There also appear to be traces of iron corrosion at the top of the dome.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The knob is 14mm long, 8.3mm in diameter and weighs 2.6g.
Class: cruciform
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 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 8.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04714
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Pickering
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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