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title: Merovingian Radiate-Headed Brooch
author: British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15226/merovingian-radiate-headed-brooch/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Merovingian Radiate-Headed Brooch

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## Image File

[![Merovingian Radiate-Headed Brooch](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15226.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15226.png)

## Image Caption

Gilt-[silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) radiate-headed brooch; semi-circular flanged head-plate, moulded with punched decoration; foot-plate expanding to rounded end with opposed profile bird head terminals; chip-carved geometric and linear decoration; runic characters incised on back of foot-plate. Inscription in [runes](https://www.worldhistory.org/runes/): iku wifa gam \[..\]; ik/wifa/ugam\[.\]; or: ik/ugam\[.\]/wifa. A person (Wifa?) probably named in the inscription.

6th century, Germany

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom

© The Trustees of the British Museum

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, B. (2022, February 09). Merovingian Radiate-Headed Brooch. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15226/merovingian-radiate-headed-brooch/>
### Chicago
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### MLA
Museum, British. "Merovingian Radiate-Headed Brooch." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Feb 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15226/merovingian-radiate-headed-brooch/>.

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