TH. PETERSEN. 



[1907 



piece originally placed upon the top of the bow, fig. 7 the circular 

 piece, and figs. 8—10 the zoomorphic designs on the sloping sur- 

 faces of the bow and the upper terminal face, the latter four 

 figures in actual size. Tvvisted bronze wires surround the panels 

 on both sides of the bow. 



4—5. Two incomplete bowl-shaped brooches of bronze 

 of the early form R. 643 with engraved ornaments. Photographic 

 reproductions of the fragments are given figs. 11 — 12. The deco- 

 ration on the upper side consists of an interlaced pattern perhaps 

 of zoomorphic origin ; the lines are not toothed as on the type- 

 specimen. As is usually the case with brooches of this early 

 form, the hinge and the catch-plate of the pin have been attached 

 to a metal band placed upon the back and tending to strengthen 

 the thin body of the brooch. This band is here of bronze and 

 not as is usually the case of iron. 



6. Two ornamented bronze fragments which seem to 

 be portions of one object as shown in the figure.^) This object 



was originally perhaps 



a mounting, but con- 



'$i siderable remains of 



iron rust on the back, 



as after a pin, indicate, 



hovvever, that we have 



to do with a brooch, 



though it is Strange to 



find four brooches in 



graves dating from this 



time, the usual number 



being three, viz. one 



fibula and two bowl-shaped brooches, or only two bowl shaped ones. 



To the back are also fixed small remains of untanned skin. A circular 



projecting panel on the decorated side is filled with red enamel. 



1) With the kind permission of the" author reproduced from K. Rygh, \'iden- 

 skabsselskabets Oidsagsamling. Tilvækst i 1902 af Sager ældre end Refor- 

 mationen. Proceedings of the Roy. Norw. Societv of Sciences 1902, No. 6, 

 p. 5. 



