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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative (Polden Hill style) bow brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are incomplete; the extant wing is semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is likely that the spring would have been attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook. This hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. On the reverse of the bow head between the two wings is a sub-oval concave depression filled with a concreted black substance, possibly organic? The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It tapers to a broken point below the head. The break is old and a patina similar to that on the brooch has developed over it. The catch plate, pin rest and foot knop are all missing. The brooch measures 22.2mm length, 14.4mm width, is 11.1mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams.
The brooch is abraded and it is impossible to tell if it was decorated with either cast or incised motifs. The only decoration present is a raised rib either side of the humplike bow at the junction between the body of the brooch and the wings. The brooch is a mid green colour with an even but much abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred it is most significant around the edges if the artefact. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt??s Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 300 fig; 159 example 375 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain p89-92. | Subjects: | Two part Colchester Derivative (Polden Hill) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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