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{{Stars2|Category = Fastenings|Typology = Oval Brooches|TypologyFile = Brooches - Oval.png}} {{Brooches}}
==Oval brooches [V/F]==
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*"Each woman wears on either breast a box of iron, silver, copper or gold; the value of the box indicates the wealth of the husband. Each box has a ring from which depends a knife". Ibn Fadlan's Account of the Rus.
|Archaeology =
An estimated 4000 are known from all over the Viking world [OWEN & DALLAND 1999: p.68].<br>
|Discussion =
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===Berdal P11-P24===
These are a transitional style between the Vendel and Viking styles.<br>
780AD - 850AD [RUNDKVIST 2010:p.165] <br>
[PETERSEN 1928:p.12-22]<br>
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===P25/26 ===
Petersen considered the P25 brooch to be the earliest type of Viking period oval brooch. [PETERSEN 1928:p.24]
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===P27/28 ===
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Date: C9th<br>
Includes Petersen types P35, P36, P38, P39 <br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>*All Viking Area’s: 500 copies (Graham-Campbell quoting 'Paulsen 1933)'[GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:p.27]*Norway: 235 copies from 217 finds ([PETERSEN 1928)]??'''Discussion'''<br>P37 is the most common type found at Birka. (OWEN and & DALLAND 1999, p.68). Accounts for 3 out of every 5 brooches from Norway and half of those found from the east. ([EWING 2007, : p.60)]<br>
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Images: V2C 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d<br>
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Hedeby_Brooch_Oval.JPG|HedebyFile:R647.jpg|NorwayFile:R649.jpg|Norway
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===P42/43/44 ===
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File:R657.jpg|NorwayNorwich-Oval_Brooches,_Santon_Downham_(Replica).JPG|England, Santon Downham
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===P45 ===
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File:R653.jpg|Norway
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===P48/49 ===
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===P51 - Late Oseberg Style - Double Shelled [V/F]===
Date: Early C10th<br>{{evidence|'''Archaeology ='''<br>
*All Viking Area’s: 1000 copies
*Norway: 469 copies from 310 finds
Most common form of brooch.
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Images: VAC 118<br>
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File:R652.jpg|NorwayFile:R654.jpg|Norway
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Date: C10th. An eastern style that is rarely found in the west. <br>
P52 are open work with a double shell. P55 are cheaper copies cast in one piece.<br>
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Images
:P55 Solid -
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File:R655.jpg|NorwayFile:R656.jpg|Norway
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===P57 - Jellinge Style [V/F]===
==Gotland brooches [V/F]==
===Animal-head===
Gotland only.
Sometimes found in 3’s ([EWING 2007, : p.60)]([ROESDAHL and & WILSON 1992, : p.192, 300 cat.274)]<gallery>M532.jpg|SwedenM533.jpg|SwedenM534.jpg|SwedenM535.jpg|SwedenM536.jpg|SwedenM537.jpg|Sweden</gallery>
===Drum Shaped===
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==Small lozenge-shaped brooch [V]References=={{Ref|Ewing 2007}}{{Ref|Graham-Campbell 1980}}{{Ref|Owen & Dalland 1999}}{{Ref|Petersen 1928}}{{Ref|Roesdahl 1982}}{{Ref|Roesdahl & Wilson 1992}}{{Ref|Rundkvist 2010}}
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