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Description: | A corroded cast copper-alloy Roman knee brooch now missing its pin. At the head is semicircular plate with two semicircular perforated lugs at its base. Surviving within the lugs are the corroded remains of an iron axis bar. Around this latter survive two coils of the spring and its chord below. In profile the bow is humped, travelling towards a foot which is flat on its lower surface but curves back upwards slightly on its upper. The bow tapers in plan from 8.9mm below the head to 3.1mm above the foot. The foot itself is 4.95mm wide. The hump of the bow is concave on the lower surface. As the bow flattens out on its lower surface so a long catchplate begins (max. L.: 16.9mm). The majority of the catchplate is sub-trapezoidal in form and survives well, only slightly abraded. The brooch now has a variable green colour as a result of corrosion. | Subjects: | Knee | 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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