Context (Analysis)
Brooch has been drilled on reverse of bow for metal analysis. Date of drilling and analysis results are unknown.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16183[.1-2]: 'Pair of cruciform brooches'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, grave 12
Event Date 1931
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1933). 'Anglo-Saxon Burials at Soham, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 33. pp 152-163
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton for Z 16183[.1-2]: 'Three head knobs cast as one with the headplate.'
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Headplate with trapezoidal central panel and rectangular wings, both with punchmarks around the edges; half round top and side knobs. High arched bow with rectangular sections at the top and bottom. Flat panel decorated with transverse grooves. Horsehead terminal with grooved brows, protruding eyes and two notches at the base of the nose. Highly corroded iron pin bar lug; catch plate missing the pin rest on the reverse.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter