Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 24 December 2014

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Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, 6th century CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Karen Barrett-Wilt, published on 24 December 2014 under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Art, M. M. O. (2014, December 24). Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3383/

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Art, Metropolitan M. O. "Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 24, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3383/.

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Art, Metropolitan M. O. "Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 24 Dec 2014. Web. 24 Nov 2020.

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