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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy knee brooch. Only the foot and part of the bow remain. The foot is slightly angled downwards from the bow, flat and roughly oval, circa 10mm by 9mm. The bow is rectangular in cross-section and has a hollow reverse. The surviving length of the bow is 21mm. The face of the bow has a rectangular panel containing a moulded inscription with blue enamel in the recesses. Only the final letter of the inscription is missing, and when complete reads: VTERE FELI[X]. Translated this reads ??Use this well??, and would have been a form of good luck charm. Only a handful of other artefacts bearing this inscription are known ~ one was discovered on a lead casket from Ad Pontem (East Stoke), and another on a votive plaque dedicated to the guardian spirits of the place found at Brigantum (Malton, North Yorkshire). This piece was inscribed: "Good luck be with the Guardian Spirit of this place, little-slave, use well this gold-working shop." Inscription: VTERE FELI[X] | Subjects: | Knee | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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