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PENNANNULAR BROOCH (TYA 283: 12)

Type: A pennannular brooch, manufactured of a twisted bronze bar.

Use: Jewel, clip for clothing.

Site: Raisio, Ihala, Siiri cremation cemetery.

Period: Viking Age.

Dating: 980-1220 A.D.

Size: Proportions 36 mm and 25 mm.

Photographer: Arto Korhonen.

The so-called pennannular brooches were common clips for men's robes. For this roll-headed, twisted brooch, no exact equivalents are known so far. Brooches that are either roll-headed or twisted are known not only in Finland but also in Gottland; this brooch of Siiri, however, is probably the only known one in which these two features are combined.

Sources:

• Carlsson 1988.
• Kivikoski 1973: Abb. 690-707.
• Salmo 1956: 17-28, 81-83.
• Thunmark-Nylén 1996.

Other related topics:

• Bronze
• Jewels.

Coordinates: x=75, y=65 z=17,30, r=37/56.

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