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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 40mm long, 25mm wide and 12mm thick. The object is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 13.26 grams. The brooch has short semi-circular wings which have circular ends which contain a central circular hole. The top of the brooch has a semi-circular lug with a central circular hole which has a section of circular shaft stuck in it, this would have held the spring, which is now missing, in place. The wings are decorated with a semi-circular sectioned depression which is contained by two ridges which have short incised lines running their length. The bow is largely circular in section and begins with a rounded upper surface which has a crescent shaped incision in its surface. Below this the bow is decorated with a series of ridges, one wide flanked by two narrow, which are seperated by a linear depression. The catchplate, 19mm long and 8mm wide, is intact and is trianagular in form with a curved outer edge. The brooch has faint traces of silvering on its reverse. | Subjects: | bow | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Scott, Wendy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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