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Tortoise brooch

Two gilded bronze oval brooches with silver and niello inlays. Gripping beast decoration in Carolingian style, plus six four-sided openwork knobs. Around the upper part of the brooches runs a twisted silver thread. Grave find, Birka, Bj 552, Adelsö Parish, Uppland.

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Object number: 371661_HST

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