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View full screenFront half of a two piece clay mould for a Pictish penannular brooch, from Birsay, Orkney, late 8th century
X.HB 298
Late 8th century
Pictish
Clay; front half of mould; terminal trilobate with central circular setting and with cusps; oval panel with circular disc at top of hoop; slightly damaged
Brough of Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
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