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Description: | An almost complete cast copper-alloy Roman T-shape brooch (later 1st to mid-2nd century AD). The brooch survives in quite a good condition with all of its components present but having suffered some slight losses and old damage.
The head has tubular wings, each wing originally with a double transverse incision towards the tip on the upper surface. The axis bar is largely obscured by the wings, but would appear to be made from copper alloy. The pin is retained, albeit bent and truncated, around the axis bar. It has a sub-triangular head which develops into a circular section pin. As alluded to, the pin has been bent over time and is no longer retained within the catchplate due to losses.
The upper bow emerges from the wings initially at a width of 10.4mm before tapering, eventually to a point. At the junction of bow and wings there is a diagonal ridge flanked by grooves on each side of the bow. The lower surface of the bow is flat. The upper surface is divided into two main fields by a pair of transverse grooves just above mid bow. Above the lateral grooves is a central longitudinal ridge, bevelled both externally and internally; the latter creating a groove. The edges of the upper bow also appear to be shallowly bevelled. The lower field is seemingly plain.
As the leg tapers in width it expands in thickness terminating in an abraded catchplate c. 13.9mm in length. The brooch has corroded to an even mid-dark green patina with some pitting and areas of lighter corrosion product. Some traces of white metal can be seen on the upper bow.
This brooch can be classified as an 'initial' T-shape of Hull's type 104. These brooches have a south-western bias, although other examples with similar decoration, particularly the double transverse bow grooves (e.g. Hattatt 2000, 302; ref. 907), have been found as outliers, in East Anglia, Cornwall and Kent. | Subjects: | T-shape Initial | 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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