File:Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Zoomorphic Bird Brooch (FindID 852620).jpg
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editEarly-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Zoomorphic Bird Brooch | |||
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Photographer |
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2017-06-14 08:56:29 |
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Title |
Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Zoomorphic Bird Brooch |
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Description |
English: An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy zoomorphic bird brooch (c. 500-c. 550).
The pin is missing. The brooch is in the in the form of a stylised bird in profile, with a raptor-like hooked beak, blind hole for the eye, collared neck, part of a folded wing along the back and an incomplete crescent moulding for the foot. The collar, edge of the wing, and foot are decorated with stamped annulets/pellets. The tail is slightly forked and is divided horizontally by a line of stamped annulets/pellets. The rear face has a single pin-lug at the tail end which is 'D'-shaped in profile. There is a complete 'D'-shaped catch-plate at the beak end. A corroded deposit of iron is attached to the pin-lug. The front is gilded. Length: 24.7mm; width: 10.8mm; thickness: 2.2mm; thickness including pin-lug: 7.4mm. Weight: 2.36g. A very similar brooch has been recorded from Bressingham, Norfolk (NMS-B913D5). Also compare with: HAMP-A0BB4E. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Isle of Wight | ||
Date | between 500 and 550 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 852620 Old ref: IOW-055A79 Filename: IOW2017379.JPG |
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Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/618790 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/618790/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/852620 |
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