1906] The eruciform brooches of Norway. 129 
They are both of silver, and the geometrical relief pattern of the 
one corresponds well chronologically with the stamped and niello 
ornaments of the other, 
which is referred by 
Prof. Montenits to the 
beginning of his 6th 
period of the Iron-Age, 
viz. the first part of the 
5Sth cent. A. D. 'Typo- 
logieally, the eruciform 
brooch shows a stage of 
transition between the 
form which has the side- 
knobs fixed upon the 
axis of the spring-coil 
and the form which has 
the knobs cast in one 
piece with the brooch; 
upon the three free sides 
of the plate are seen 
projections which were 
passed through the holes 
in the middle of the 
knobs. When dealing 
with the brooch fig. 146, 
I briefly mentioned that 
the transition from sepa- 
rate knobs, fixed upon 
the axis of the spring- 
coil, to knobs cast in 
one piece with the 
brooeh, had probably 
taken place in Norway 
during the first half 
of the 5th cent. and as 
the find before us must, 
in itself, be referred to 
the same time these two 
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EG IR ØREN SE 
===" PN ÆR 
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rie — I N i FN % 
og GÅ =D | 
Fig. 151. 1. 
datings will mutually confirm each other. 
From another grave in Jarlsberg we possess the two brooches. 
