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Description: | Fragment of a Hod Hill type copper alloy brooch. Only the head and bow survive. The fragment is misshapen and crudely formed. The head consists of a tube-like strip of metal, projecting slightly beyond each side of the bow. This is hollow and contains the remains of the axis bar, which would have held a hinged pin in place. There is a slot in the centre of the head where the pin would have sat. This is heavily worn, presumably through use. The pin is now missing. Below this the bow begins to curve away from the head immediately. It is roughly rectangular in shape before splaying out at the bottom. This splayed section is decorated with a sunken triangle, whilst the section above contains a number of raised tranverse lines. The rest of the brooch below this is missing. Traces of green enamelling can be seen in places. The metal is greenish in colour and heavily erroded. Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt (2000), p.322, fig.181. Hattatt dates these to the 1st century AD.
Length: 24.1mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness: 3.4mm
Weight: 7.2g | Subjects: | Hod Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Booth, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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