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Description: | A slightly bent and corroded 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 part of the head and the bow with its side lugs.
The cylinder at the head, formed by rolling the terminal back round on itself, has broken. What remains is 7.4mm in width. Below the cylinder the head incurves slightly to a minimum width of 6.5mm just above the bow, and below a pair of ridges with groove in between.
The main body of the brooch is trapezoidal in shape, and features a pair of rounded decorative knobs, one either side, uppermost. The bow is decorated by three longitudinal grooves (four ridges). There is also a ridge on each side knob. The bow is 10.6mm wide at its junction with the leg. The leg itself is now only vestigial following an old break.
The brooch has a dark grey patina. As well as the breaks and corrosion the artefact has also been depressed slightly in its centre.
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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