Accession No
1923.1624 A-B
Description
A and B are part of the same box brooch, now re-adhered:
A: Circular boss of bronze decorated with knob and projections, dividing and emphasising a pattern of punctures like a thimble.
B: Plain roughly made annular fibula of bronze
Place
Europe; Sweden; Segerstad; Oland
Period
Viking 8 Century 10th century 11th century
Source
Clarke
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1923.1624 A-B; ?3393; No. 18
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels: 3393; No. 18
Found: Presumably found together
Date: 8 Century AD
Event Date 22/5/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
These are part of the same box-brooch.
A: Circular boss of bronze decorated with knob and projections, dividing and emphasizing a pattern of punctures like a thimble.
B: Plain roughly made annular fibula of bronze
Event Date 22/5/1992
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
An object which matches this description found, it is not marked, but an old label which bears this number was found with this object. It appears that the two parts have been stuck together. S-J Harknett 17/11/2000'
Event Date 17/11/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Amendments / updates)
Old handwritten exhibition label found with object reads: 'Segerstad Oland Sweden. Box-brooch. X-XI century'. These dates have therefore been added to the Period field.
Event Date 6/3/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:49948
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