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Description: | *Brooch at 12 o'clock in image* Tiny but chunky copper alloy incomplete Roman dolphin brooch, missing its spring mechanism, pin, ?forward-facing hook and catchplate. It is very worn and has an incomplete wingspan of 16mm. The wings are only slightly concave and seem to have no original edge surviving. The stump at the top, mid point of the wings could either have been part of a forward- or rear-facing hook. From the wings extends the bow. At the reverse of the brooch it makes a right angle as it turns downward. To the front of the brooch the bow is 7mm wide and curves outwards then downwards. It has a small 1mm x 4mm ridge at the highest point of the bow, possibly part of a forward facing hook. The bow is D-shaped and narrows as it extends downwards from 7mm at the top to 5mm (the thickness lessening from 5mm to 3mm), where it becomes suddenly 'pinched', and from this point the bow is lozenge-shaped in section and at the very worn foot (or break?) is only 1mm wide and 2mm thick. The probably complete length of the brooch is 21.5mm. 1st centruy AD. No parallel in Hattatt. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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