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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy probable trumpet-headed brooch from the Roman period. The fragment is concave in profile with an oval cross-section and a broadly central ??acanthus leaf?? moulding (also known as petalling). The fragment is 30.6mm long, and the moulding is 10.5mm wide and 7.9mm thick. The fragment has a mass of 7.4g.
The moulding consists of a central rib which runs around the fragment. On the front, above and below the rib are a set of three raised horizontal features which adjoin the rib. This ??petalling?? or ??acanthus leaf?? design is a distinctive moulding found on trumpet headed brooches. Above and below the acanthus leaf moulding there are horizontal ribs on the front of the fragment. The fragment has a light green, lightly pitted surface. The breaks do not appear to be recent.
In ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, 2004, Bayley and Butcher state that the trumprt headed brooch, ????are the most original products of the British brooch industry in the Roman period??. In her ??Roman Brooch Timeline??, Worrell (2007) dates trumpet brooches to AD75-AD175. | Subjects: | Trumpet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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