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Description: | A Roman copper alloy T-shape brooch with enamel decoration. The closed wings hold the axis bar and the end of the broken hinged pin, which has a flared head for tensioning. The wings are plain apart from two symmetrical diagonal raised ribs adjacent to the protruding bow. The bow starts just above the head. The upper bow is decorated with three faint longitudinally placed lozenges, in which are three approximately circular recesses. The top and bottom recesses contain blue enamel. There is a change in the brooch's D-shaped cross section between the upper bow and the leg, which is much narrower. The leg terminates in a pronouced knop which is decorated with indistinct vertical grooves. Just above the knop is a horizontal groove. The brooch is flat-backed and the hooked catchplate is complete. The catchplate may have been flat originally and then bent slightly to form a hook at a later date, as the hooked part is very short and slightly irregular. Hattatt dates similar examples to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | Subjects: | T-shape Bow | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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