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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment. Foot only, with some damage to the catchplate. The foot is flat and expands slightly; incised lines define the edges and two diagonals form a central lozenge surrounded by triangular with large punched dots - one in each of top triangles, three in each lower triangle and four in the centre lozenge. Above this the bow stepps up slightly and has three beaded transverse ribs and the stubs of a central 4.5mm wide bow with three ribs plus narrow side bars. Traces of white metal on surface. Surviving length 27mm. An unusual form, but closely paralled by Riha 1972 no. 1314, which shows that there were projections at the foot corners (abraded on this piece) and (by reconstruction from Behrens 1954, unlocated) that the openwork upper bow had a Hod Hill type head. As Riha points out there are also influences from the Rosette/Lion bow tradition in this type. Dating: second half of 1st century? | Subjects: | Hod Hill (variant) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plouviez, Judith | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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