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Description: | A cast copper alloy La Tene 1B type brooch, probably dating from between 450 and 250 BC. Two coils of the spring, the chord and the pin are missing, but the object is otherwise in good condition, with a mid green patina. The overall length of the brooch is 52.93mm and it weighs 12.73g. The coils of the surviving half of the bilateral spring are filled with iron corrosion, probably all that is left of an iron axis bar. Below the spring is the bow. From the front, this is a long oval shape, 29mm by 7.68mm, with two parallel engraved vertical lines down the centre of the front and a further line on each side. From the side the bow is quite square, with near right angle turns at top and bottom. The foot is also set at 90 degrees from the lower bow and includes a groove on which to rest the pin. Below this groove the foot bends back up to the front, terminating with a cylindrical knop, 6.3mm in diameter by 4.4mm deep, with a central engraved dot. Just below the terminal are three parallel horizontal grooves. A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 288, no. 724) although this example is slightly less square from the side and has less decoration.
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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