#FindsFriday: Ozengell bow brooch

4 Oct

This bow brooch (so called due to the raised Bow in the centre) is one of a pair excavated by the Thanet Archaeological Unit (now @Trust For Thanet Archaeology) at the Ozengell / Lord of the Manor Cemetery Site.

According to Sonia Chadwick-Hawkes these two bow brooches are of Northern German origin (Medieval Archaeology 1982, Young & Clark, pg. 189.)

This example features traces of gilding on both sides , incised decoration at the top and bottom of the brooch which ends in a circular foot with punched decoration. The pin bar is still in place, but the pin is missing.

This brooch came from grave 183, a female burial accompanied by another bow brooch, an annular brooch, a bone ring, a knife and a pair of iron pins.

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