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Description: | Roman copper alloy lion brooch fragment, 21mmm long and 16mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 2.46 grams. The object is sub rectangular and represents the mane, front leg and head of the lion. The mane is decorated with two sets of incised parallel lines running at right angles. The head is roughly oval and has a recess which forms the lions open mouth, there are faint traces of a round ear and eye on the upper edge. The leg consists of an L shaped protrusion. The reverse has a sub-rectangular protrusion above the leg which forms the catch. The fragment matches 1193, Fig.222 in Hattatt's ancient brooches.
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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