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Description: | Copper-alloy annular brooch frame. It is circular, only 15 mm in diameter, and has a wide flat frame 3 mm across. There is a pin constriction but no pin survives. The upper surface of the frame is decorated with small neat engraved lettering but the reverse seems undecorated. The lettering is clear at the beginning, worn smooth in the centre, and very difficult to read at the end. The letters that can be read are, in mirror writing, + . I E ( ) : E I - - - - ( ) E V. The Es are Roman (angular rather than rounded). Even if the brackets were intended as Os, the inscription must have been made by someone who knew what letters looked like but was illiterate. Such brooches are not uncommon but are usually far larger; it would have been very hard to see this lettering.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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