Two birds (ravens?) on 79 mm 10th Century cast bronze elliptical tortoise brooch, reportedly Alnwick, Northumbria, UK. photo

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03-FEB-2012

Two birds (ravens?) on 79 mm 10th Century cast bronze elliptical tortoise brooch, reportedly Alnwick, Northumbria, UK.

Near identical examples are published in Torsten Edgren, pg 475, found in grave no. 16, Tuukkala cemetery in Mikkeli, Savo, E Finland.
The piece shown above is published as Fig. 1.1.2-d on page 36 of Hammond (2013), British Artefacts, Volume 3 - Late Saxon, Late Viking & Norman, attributed it to the Mammen art style.

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