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Description: | An early - mid Iron Age copper alloy fragment of a brooch (800-200BC). The fragment is penannular and constructed from a curved rod forming an incomplete oval. It is decorated on the front surface with ribbing - parallel transverse incised lines; the reverse is undecorated. One end is slightly expanded and flattened. The other end is roughened ?a broken surface. A very dark green, even patina. Identified by Dr JD Hill, British Museum. Dr Hill found a parallel in the Morel Catalogue from a grave in the Champagne District. Dimensions: length: 26.01mm; width: 23.11mm; thickness: 2.80mm; weight: 3.28g. Identified by Dr JD Hill, British Museum. Dr Hill found a parallel in the Morel Catalogue from a grave in the Champagne District. I.M. Stead and V. Rigby The Morel Collection; Iron Age Antiquities from Champagne in the British Museum British Museum Press [ ]
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