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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-00C369
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast lower bow and part of the foot of a large Early Anglo-Saxon bow brooch, either of cruciform or square-headed form. The uppermost part is straight-sided with a pair of strongly moulded transverse ribs. Below these are the markedly protruding and wide-set eyes of an anthropomorphic or zoomorphic face. The bow expands below the eyes, with paired scrolls flanking a pelta-shaped foot. Traces of circular motifs appear at the centre of the foot and in the centre of each scroll. A low longitudinal rib runs down the middle of the back. Bent and fiercely abraded. A cruciform brooch with a comparable lower bow and foot with protruding eyes comes from Flixborough, while a square headed brooch similarly equipped comes from the cemetery at Cleatham: both objects are now displayed side by side in the North Lincolnshire Museum. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600
Length: 61.5mm, Width: 27.1mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 20.32gms
Class: Cruciform or Square Headed
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 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.5 mm
Width: 27.1 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 20.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40876
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barton upon Humber
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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