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Description: | Copper alloy ??Trumpet Brooch?? with waist knob and cast relief decoration.
The brooch was made in two pieces: traces of a hinged pin are evident on the reverse of the head, this pin was possibly made from iron. The brooch has the remains of a cast loop at the top of the head, and the distinctive flared end resembling a ??trumpet?? although this does not have large swelling curves. The decoration consists of a waist-knob with transverse ridges above and below, and a stylised ox-head between the waist and head, with horns curving inwards on either side. Between the waist and the foot, there appear to be two rows of knops running longitudinally either side of the centre of the bow. The decoration does not extend to the rear of the bow in its fullest form, although there are faint ridges to the back of the waist-knob.
The brooch terminates in a slightly bulbous foot. Traces of the catch-plate remain to the rear of this: a pronounced ridge is evident for roughly 6-8mm at the base; and a more ephemeral, worn ridge extends for another 10mm above this. Beyond this the ephemeral ridge meets the slightly-pronounced rear of the transverse ridge below the waist-knob.
This type of trumpet brooch was classified by Collingwood as part of group R, which was probably derived from Pannonian and Rhineland types, and is likely to date from the first half of the second century AD. The decorative scheme on the brooch seems somewhat hybrid, and appears to bear characteristics of the several variant types of Collingwood??s group R. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Steele, Nina - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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