Focus on Maschen disc brooch and analyze the abstract.
The Maschen disc brooch (German: Scheibenfibel von Maschen) is an Early Medieval fibula, which was found in 1958 during archaeological excavations of the late Saxon grave field near Maschen, in the Lower Saxony district of Harburg, Germany. On its face side, the fibula shows an unidentified saint with a halo. It was found in a woman's grave of the beginning of the Christianization of northern Germany, and is in the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg in Harburg, Hamburg.
Harburg archaeological excavation northern Germany Harburg, Hamburg grave field Christianization Maschen Germany Saxon saint Early Medieval fibula Lower Saxony halo Archaeological Museum Hamburg