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Description: | A cast copper-alloy pennanular brooch fragment of Fowlers type F (1963, 99-157). Part of the hoop and one complete zoomorphic terminal survives, the rest is missing due to an old break, now worn. The hoop is curvilinear and measures 58mm in length, it has an oval-shaped cross-section and measures 3mm in width and 2.8mm in thickness. The complete terminal flares out from the hoop and is flat and triangular in overall shape, measuring 15.4mm in length, 9mm in width at its widest point and 4mm in thickness. The terminal is a stylised animal head and the front face consists of four decorative elements. It has two parallel triangles at the wider end, representing ears, a lozenge shaped head, pointed oval-shaped slightly protruding eyes and a rounded snout. It appears to be holding the hoop in its mouth. It is due to this zoomorphic terminal representing an animals head larger than the hoop that this pennaular brooch is of Fowlers type F. Fowler dates type F to at least the 4th century, therefore this example is most likely to be late Roman or early-medieval and date between 300-500 (1963 104).
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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