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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy La T??ne I type brooch, dating from circa 4th ?? 3rd century BC.
The spring and head of the brooch are missing and the break is very worn. The bow is arched and tapers outwards from the head and then inwards from the swollen centre. The bow has a circular cross-section. The bow then continued into the foot. The foot is bent around on itself and has been looped up under the main bow, forming the catchplate. The front of the catchplate has been decorated with two incised lines at the top, then there is a circular disc and then below the disc four incised lines.
The pin the missing. The metal is pitted and is a dark greenish-brown colour. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p288, fig: 147 and Hattatt, 1985, p11, Fig: 3. | Subjects: | La T??ne I | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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