quoit brooch

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Object Type
Museum number: 1970,0406.558
Description: Tinned (leaded) copper alloy quoit brooch (patch of ?gilding on back and edge) with square-ended pin slot with riveted circular-section pin stops at either side and broken circular hole in opposite side of brooch for pin attachment (pin missing); inner and outer border of hatching between pairs of concentric grooves; also ring of pellet in triangle punch marks just inside outer border; textile traces; also bag of small fragments.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Mucking, grave 637 cemetery II, inhumations
Materials: copper alloy; tin; lead; gold (?); textile
Technique: tinned; punched; gilded (?)
Dimensions: Diameter: 40 millimetres; Weight: 5.10 grammes
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1970
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1970,0406.558

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