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Description: | Roman copper alloy Trumpet bow brooch fragment of late 1st or 2nd century AD date. The rear of the head is concave and has a central loop to secure the missing spring mechanism. At the top and bottom of the loop are notches, which could have been used to tension the spring. The upper bow has a sub-lozenge shaped section. The design on the front of the bow is not apparent, but traces of blue enamel survive at the head. The centre of the bow has a lateral ribs each side of an acanthus button. At the rear of the bow, beneath the lower lateral rib, is the beginning of the catch-plate. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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