NMS-160125: Anglo Scandinavian Borre style brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-160125

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian Borre-style disc brooch with missing pin. The decoration comprises a central circle surrounded by a concave-sided lozengiform figure with each of the four corners extending to form double-strand interlaced scrolls around the circumference. See Kershaw 2013, 56-61, fig. 3.19. On the reverse are the angled single stub of the pin-catch and diametrically opposed the double stubbed pin hinge aligned on an inset chord to the disc. Diameter 27mm. Thickness of disc 1.5mm. Weighs 5.37g.

A common 10th-century type in East Anglia carrying a design based on a Scandinavian prototype, see West 1998, fig. 134.8, Margeson 1997, fig. 28, and Margeson, S. and Williams, V. in Ayers 1985, 28-9, fig. 24 no. 1. Kershaw 2013, 56-61, fig. 3.19 East Anglian Series Type I.

Class: East Anglian series
Sub class: Type I

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 5.37 g
Diameter: 27 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd April 2017 - Sunday 2nd April 2017

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 28370
Other reference: GC

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barnham Broom (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG0807
Four figure Latitude: 52.62090429
Four figure longitude: 1.07138893
1:25K map: TG0807
1:10K map: TG00NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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