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Description: | A Roman cast copper alloy. (40-80AD). Complete except for pin.
The bow is bent to the backwards and to the right, as viewed from the front, with a slight clockwise twist of the catch plate. Complete tubular wings hold an intact copper axis bar around which the loop end of a copper pin survives, the rest of the pin is missing. A central serrated ridge runs from just below the top of the hump down the length of the brooch to a pointed end. The serrations decrease in amplitude and increase in frequency from top to bottom. Directly either side of the serrated ridge and also running the length of the brooch are faceted areas, decreasing in width from top (3mm) to bottom (0.5mm). The section of the bow is sub-circular excluding the raised serrated decoration.
On the rear, running across both wings, is a raised ridge in the metal. It suggests the wings have been rolled and not cast. Wings appear to have been manufactured separately from bow and rest in a saddle profile section on the top of the bow.
The back of the bow is plain and slightly domed. The catch plate is complete including pin rest and measures 20.6mm in length and 11.1mm wide.
The length of the brooch is 41.4mm, the width across the wings is 25.7mm and the weight is 10.7 grams. | Subjects: | Dolphin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Kinninmont, Keiron | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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