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Description: | The upper half of a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The leg and foot of the original artefact have therefore been lost, as have the catchplate and pin. The head and bow form a 'T' shape. The head is highly abraded and extends either side of the bow in two wings. It appears to be curved round on itself laterally to form an incomplete open cylinder. Below the head the bow narrows to a waist before expanding again. On this wider section the upper surface of the bow is decorated with a pair of transverse grooves. The greyish colour of the object suggests a relatively high level of lead in the alloy.
It is difficult to classify this fragment with absolute certainty. It would appear to bear comparison with examples of 1st-century AD Lion brooch derivatives as illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 307; fig. 106); some of these seem to have similar grooves/ridges and their construction suggests that the point at which this brooch broke was a weak one. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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