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Description: | A corroded and damaged fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Hod Hill type, Hattatt's Class B (with side knobs/lugs). The fragment consists of the bow and head; the pin is missing as is the foot with its catchplate.
The sub-rectangular head terminates in a cylinder formed by rolling the terminal back round on itself (W.: 12.7mm). This retains the remnant of the iron axis bar in both halves either side of the central pin slot; the composition is suggested by considerable iron staining. Below the cylinder the head narrows slightly to a width of 10.9mm at a transverse ridge. Below this the bow begins with a short element only 6.85mm wide. Below are the two decorative knobs, in this 'upper middle zone' (W. across both: 22.6mm). Overall the main body of the brooch is sub-trapezoidal; the base of the bow is only 8.9mm wide. It is decorated by four longitudinal grooves and five ridges, with one ridge on each edge. There is a further ridge on each side knob. The bow has been bent up on itself in profile just below the side knobs, about halfway along its length.
There is a collar between the bow and the leg consisting of a transverse groove between two ridges. The leg is broken just beyond this point; on its reverse is the terminal of the catchplate.
The brooch has a dull red-brown colour with a large covering of dusty green corrosion product. Hattatt (1982, 89) describes this Class B of Hod Hill brooches as a common military type. | Subjects: | Class B Hod Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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