1906] 



The cruciform brooches of Norway. 



141 



In association with a silver brooch of almost the same cha- 

 racter as flg 1 . 170 and in a locality not very distant from the finding 

 place of this brooch were found two cruciform brooches, one very 

 different from the other in respect to form and dimensions, but 

 both of them showing features which indicate the late stage of de- 

 velopment. The three brooches are shown here as figs. 171 — 173. 1 ) 

 A gold bracteate from the grave (flg. 174) is also of import ance 



for the flxing of the date; as the representations upon it are very 

 distinctly executed, we must consider it as one of the earlier brac- 

 teates of this sort. This flnd must therefore also be attributed to 

 the first part of the 6th cent. The larger cruciform brooch of this 



') Tveitane, Brunlanes pgcl. Larvik. C. 11220-36. Ab. 1882, p. 173, pl. 

 II fig-. 9 and 10. 



