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Description: | Copper alloy figurative brooch in the form of a standing human figure. Missing pin, damaged arms, surfaces corroded and abraded. The pin was hinged between two close set lugs behind the base of the figure; the catchplate is behind the head. The figure is standing facing, wearing a long tunic, with the arms held slightly away from the body at the sides. The head projects and is more fully moulded than the body which has only low relief detail, virtually flat in side view. There are grooves ?representing hair, on the top of the head, and a nose and eyes are just discernable although very corroded. The tunic has vertical grooves for folds on the lower part and traces of diagonal marks from the figure's right shoulder. The legs/feet are represented only by small projections, of which only one survives. Length 27.2mm, body area1.5mm thick, head c.5mm thick. The form and style suggest a probably Roman date; representations of the human figure are uncommon on brooches. The only full figure noted is Riha 1979 no.1708 which is similar in form posture but has a more rounded body and has a lunate attachment to 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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