1906] 



The cruciform brooches of Norwav. 



' 123 



5th cent., the date of the deposit in the moss being- probably rather 



after than before that point of time. though I think some of the 



objects somewhat 



older. Thus the ^— -^ssssm^ns^^^sn^n 



brooch which from 



its form alone might 



belong* to the end 



of the 4th cent. 



has been found in 



a grave that cannot 



be older than to- 



"vyards the middle 



of the 5th cent. 



In connexion 

 with this grave 

 from Ringerike I 

 draw the attention 

 to some brooches 

 found in Sogn and 

 shown here as figs. 

 145— 147. 1 ) The 

 bow of the fine 

 silver brooch (fig. 

 146) is ornamented 

 in a way closely 

 allied to the moun- 

 tings fig. 144 and 

 still more closely 

 to some pieces of 

 the smaller Nydam- 

 find, and this sort 

 of ornaments, being 

 so peculiar respect- 

 ing as well the 

 patterns as the 

 proceeding used in 

 executing them, 

 must have been 

 confined to a rather 



o' 



ggMEM 



Fig. 144. i/i- 



short time; the brooch here in question 



i) Ølnes, Sogndal pgd. Sogn. B. 5968. B. M. Aarb. 1905, no. 14, p. 36. 



