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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a stylised fish, probably a salmon. Roman, probably second century. Pin and catch-plate missing. The breaks are old. Length 37mm, maximum width 10mm and 1.8mm thick. Weight 2.78g.The front is decorated with a number of cells to accommodate enamel. Cells at the head represent a circular eye and a gill. Along the centre of the body are five chevron-shaped cells which point forward towards the head. These chevrons represent scales. At each side of body is a curvilinear cell which extends from the gill area to the end of the tail. The chevron-shaped cells as well as the gill cell contain tiny traces of ?red enamel and the curvilinear-shaped cells and the cell surrounding the centre of the eye contain blue enamel. Set well back along each side of the body are two "second dorsal" fins, sometimes known as anal fins. The lower of these fins is slightly damaged. Towards the tail end, level with the fins on the reverse side of the brooch, is a single perforated lug to take the spring mechanism. The catch-plate is largely missing although a small portion does remain and it can be seen that the catch-plate extended as far as the front of the head.
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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