Tempus Fugit

Collection: Enamel brooches from Dorestad

Tygo Krijtenburg

This collection aims to document all known enamelled brooches from early medieval Dorestad, with photographs or drawings, providing researchers and reenactors with an overview of Dorestad’s material culture.

For this reason, I have chosen to only include those finds, which are documented with images or drawings, and to exclude the brooches from which only a general discription is known.

Tempus Fugit No.ImageDatingMaterialMeasurmentsCommentsLiteratureCollection
TF-b-18th century; Grave 24 in Goddelsheim, dated in the 8th century, contained an exact parallel.Copper-alloy; glass2,5 x 2,1 x 0,6 cmNeedleholder is bend outwards.
Indentical to No. 2 & 3		RMO WD 811.4.73
TF-b-28th century; Grave 24 in Goddelsheim, dated in the 8th century, contained an exact parallel.Copper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 x 0,7 cmIdentical to No. 1 & 3Van Es, W. A. (2009). Excavations at Dorestad: 3, Hoogstraat 0, II – IV. Text.RMO WD 382.2.2
TF-b-3
8th century; Grave 24 in Goddelsheim, dated in the 8th century, contained an exact parallel.Copper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 x 0,6 cmIdentical to No. 1 & 2RMO WD 783.2.7
TF-b-4750 – 850 ADCopper-alloy; glass2 x 2 x 0,7 cmFindno. is painted on in red.RMO WD 732a
TF-b-5Copper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 x 0,5 cmRMO WD 845.2.2
TF-b-6850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,4 x 1,4 cmRMO WD 07 1856a
TF-b-7850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,9 x 1,9 cmRMO WD 07 2542
TF-b-8850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 cmRMO WD 07 2094
TF-b-9850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 cmRMO WD 07 2778
TF-b-10850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,6 x 1,6 x 0,3 cm RMO WD 07 3245
TF-b-11850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,4 x 2,3 cmRMO WD 07 9990
TF-b-12850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,8 x 1,8 x 0,2 cmRMO WD 07 6436
TF-b-13700 – 900 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,5 x 1,9 cmRMO f 2024/5.7
TF-b-14775 – 900 ADCopper-alloy; glass3,1 x 2,8 cmRMO f 1986/2.2
TF-b-15725 – 900 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,4 x 2,4 x 0,6 cmRMO WD 813.2.112
TF-b-16850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,7 x 1,5 cmRMO WD 07 1731
TF-b-17850 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,9 x 1,9 cm (if complete)Fragment. Because of photo angle the front looks smaller, this of course isnt the case.RMO WD 07 1849a
TF-b-18
725 – 900 ADCopper-alloy; glass3,4 x 2,4 x 0,6 cm
RMO WD 16074
TF-b-19Probably 8th century (see no. 1, 2 & 3)Copper-alloy; glass2,2 x 2,2 cmBlack-and-white image.
The brooch shows many similarities to No. 1, 2 & 3.
two of the cells contain blue glass.		Roes, A. (1965). Vondsten van Dorestad. Wolters. (Archaeologica Traiectina, VII).RMO collection; no digital number found
TF-b-20800 – 1000 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,1 x 2,1 x 0,5 cmDumped excavation soil find from the Geer excavations (1989-1994)Private collection; PAN-00170968
TF-b-21800 – 1050 ADCopper-alloy; glass1,9 x 1,9 x 0,7 mmBorder shows similarities to no. 1, 2, 3 & 19.
Private collection; PAN-00106960
TF-b-22800 – 900 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,5 x 1,7 cmPrivate collection; PAN-00078431
TF-b-23Copper-alloy; glass2,5 x 1,5 cmColours filled in acording to article.
This find, as well as no. 24, was lost during World War 2.		Roes, A. (1965). Vondsten van Dorestad. Wolters. (Archaeologica Traiectina, VII).x
TF-b-24Copper-alloy; glass2,5 x 2,5Colours filled in acording to article.
This find, as well as no. 23, was lost during World War 2.		Roes, A. (1965). Vondsten van Dorestad. Wolters. (Archaeologica Traiectina, VII).x
TF-b-25800 – 850 ADCopper-alloy; glass2,4 x 1,6 x 0,5 cmArcheoProjecten, A., & Williams, G. (2011). Wijk bij Duurstede De Geer II Proefsleuvenonderzoek [Dataset]. In Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xxx-jq6z