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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman zoomorphic brooch in the form of a bird in flight, probably 2nd Century AD (100 - 200 AD). The bird appears to be neither a hen nor duck which are the most common birds in these types of brooches. The bird has a long slender body leading to the tail which is incomplete, but this is not a recent break. There is an integral wing either side of the body which has linear grooves as simplistic feather definition. The head is slightly out of proportion to the body and is quite small. There is no definition on the head, and it appears bulbous. The reverse of the brooch is slightly hollowed. At the head end of the body there are the remains the catch plate. At the terminal of the tail there is the remains of two lugs, which would have supported the spring and pin, but both are now missing. The brooch has a well developed brown patina. In length it is 33.5mm, 16.7mm wide and 8.4mm thick. It weighs 7.34g. Similar bird brooches can be seen in 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches' (2000: Oxbow; Oxford. page 360 figure 219).
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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