|
Date: |
|
Description: | A copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment. It consists of the coil, pin and axis bar only. The spring has three coils on one side, the other side being incomplete due to old breaks. The axis bar is flat and rectangular in section. The brooch fragment measures 39.36mm in surviving length, with the point of the pin bent upwards out of shape. It is 24.31mm in width across the axis bar/spring coil, and weighs 5.26g.
Although it is not possible to identify to type of bow brooch represented, it seems likely that it may have been the rearward-facing hook type, which was inefficient in keeping the pin and coil in place withought additional solder. | Subjects: | bow | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
A copper alloy Roman bow…
-
brooch
A copper alloy Roman bow…
-
-
-
-
brooch
An incomplete copper alloy Roman…
-
-
brooch
a copper alloy Late Iron…
-
-
|