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Description: | Roman brooch; Cast copper alloy sawfish brooch with enamelled decoration, dating from the 1st or 2nd centuries. Brooch has long, narrow wings which would have been cylindrical, although the back half of the wings is now missing. Both wings have an incised line around the end and a raised boss on the front. The bosses are in the form of a plain oval stud with a circular, pointed stud on top of the oval. The circular studs have radiating lines leading down from the point. The head of the bow has a similar boss and stud, although this is larger than the bosses on the wings. The bow tapers towards the foot and has an incised, hatched line running down each side. Between this there is a double zigzag line forming a row of diamond cells down the centre of the bow, with triangular cells between the diamonds and the outer edge of the bow. The diamond cells are decorated with yellow enamel while the triangular cells have red enamel inlay. The foot has a large, raised, circular boss. The beginning of the catchplate is still present, as is the beginnings of a small suspension loop between the wings. However, the pin and pin hinge are completely missing.
Length 51.2mm, width (wings) 35.2mm, width (bow) 11.2mm, thickness (at head stud) 17.4mm, weight 23.61g
Ref: Hattatt, page 304, figure 163, especially brooches 415, 936 and 937. | Subjects: | sawfish | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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