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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman umbonate brooch. It is 32.7mm in length, 23.9mm wide and 14.9mm thick. It weighs 9.17gm. The brooch is a pointed oval in plan and is domed. The front is decorated with enamel. It has a central circular cell surrounded by 12 inward pointing triangular cells. These in turn are surrounded by 12 larger triangular cells. The enamel seems to have been red and blue, probably arranged alternately. There is a small knop projecting at one end which is the end of the catchplate, and a broken loop opposite. The two lugs for the pin mechanism and the hinged part of the pin survive. The reverse is hollow. The brooch has a deep green patina. Umbonate brooches date from 100 ?? 250 AD. There are similar examples on page 350 of Hattatt??s Visual Catalogue, but none quite the same as this example. | Subjects: | Umbonate | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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