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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch fragment, lower part of bow & foot only. The upper part of the bow is broken off just above a transverse groove. The remainder of the bow is straight and parallel sided, and decorated with a raised longitudinal ridge with a row of nine pellets to either side, all in high relief. Triple collared moulding at the base of the bow, then conical foot, bevelled at the top and with groove around the base. Large (length 3mm, diameter 4.0mm) rounded knop (with slight point at tip) projecting from the base of the foot. The trapezoidal catchplate is complete and extends up to a slight transverse ridge corresponding with the transverse groove on the obverse of the bow. Fine mid-green patina; traces of tinning/silvering on all surfaces. Length 36.64, diameter of foot 8.97mm, width of bow (max, at top) 6.59mm, thickness (max) 17.30mm, weight 6.43g.
The combination of the transverse moulding at the top of what survives of the bow, the straight bow, the conical foot with projection, and the tinning/silvering, indicate that this is a trumpet brooch fragment, 1st-2nd century. | Subjects: | trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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