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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 70mm long and 41mm wide. The brooch is in very good condition with a dark brown patina. It is complete except for part of the catchplate decoration. The wings contain a spring of 19 coils with a pin 52mm long. The wings are decorated with a vertical border of two incised lines, one with a notched edge, on the outer edge. There is a diagonal incised line running from the botton of this to the upper edge of the bow. The bow has similar decoration, on each side there is a raised ridge which runs into the top of the wings. Between this is a central ridge 3mm wide which has a zigzag pattern running down the middle. The catchplate is 28mm long at its outer edge, from here it curves up to the bow to become 42mm long. The catchplate is decorated with a cut away section that echoes the curve on its upper edge and follows the form of the bow and catchplate at the sides. This originally had a pattern of small cut outs but now five small protrusions are all that is left.
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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