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Description: | The brooch is a Roman plate brooch. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979) illustrates a similar brooch, No. 90 and dates it to the 2nd century. Hattatt describes these types of plate brooches as an equal-ended plate brooch, and also dates it to the 2nd century. The brooch is made from cast copper alloy.
The body of the brooch is rectangular in plan. The upper surface is decorated with parallel ridges, a pair in the centre and towards the exterior edges are a third and fourth. The ridges are decorated with fine notches across the ridges. Integral to each narrow edge of the rectangle is a protruding arm. The arms are not quite identical. One arm is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan, with a squared off tip. This triangle is decorated with two horizontal ridges. The other arm is also an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan, with a squared off tip. This triangle is decorated with two horizontal ridges. This arm is slightly wider than the other, and the ridges are not quite as pronounced as the other arm. In profile the arms are identical forming an inverted ??\__/?? shape with the rectangular body in the centre. The reverse of the widest arm has two integral lugs with a central hole in the centre of each. This is the hinge for the brooch. The iron axis bar remains in place. The reverse of the opposite arm has an integral triangular lug which originally was the catchplate, and has since been abraded. The reverse of the body is undecorated. The brooch has a well-developed dark green patina.
The brooch measures 30.96mm long, 12.72mm wide and 7.37mm thick. It weighs 2g. | Subjects: | Plate Equal Ended | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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