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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman P-shape brooch with solid foot. It is missing its spring mechanism and pin. The spring cover is 18.85mm wide, with flat sides and arched top. The endplates are sub-oval and overhang the cover. They both have central perforation for the axis bar, which would have been of iron judging by the traces of orange staining. A collared knop with flat underside extends from the centre of the cover uppermost (L.: c. 7.6mm). The bow is D-shaped in section and extends from the bottom of the wings, the first 2.8mm having a concave cut-away to the front. The bow then curves in a high, U-shaped arc to the ankle (max. H.: 21.85mm), also with a concave cutaway section on the upper surface. Above is a projecting D-shaped disc to the front.
The foot is 19.25mm long. It is broadly circular in cross-section and widens from 3.75mm at the ankle to 5.45mm at the foot, where it slopes downwards to the end. The upper surface is rounded and slightly recessed by comparison to the cutaway above. The solid catchplate survives well. This brooch is very similar to an example illustrated in Hattatt from Richborough (1982, 121; ref. 100). It has corroded to a dark grey/green colour with some patches of lighter corrosion product. | Subjects: | P-shape | 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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