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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British Dolphin brooch. The wings of the brooch are complete and cylindrical. The wings are worn, but one shows traces of a decorative vertical line of raised dots approximately one third along its length. The cylindrical wings would have held the hinged pin. The shaft of the pin is missing, but there is a tiny projection from the rear of the wings which is presumably the start of the shaft. The brooch is corroded so the pin slot and any detail are obscured. The bow of the brooch humps at the head and then turns downwards giving the brooch a comma shaped profile. The bow is sub triangular in section and tapers. It is truncated just before the foot. The bow is decorated with a much worn raised mid rib. As the brooch is truncated, nothing of the catchplate survives. Breaks on the brooch are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The original surface of the brooch survives in small patches, with exposed surfaces appearing a mid green. The brooch is 26.08mm long, 36.18mm wide at the wings, 8.54mm wide at the top of the hump, 6.92mm thick at the centre of the bow and weighs 9.42g. Dolphin brooches with hinged pins date from about AD 55-80. Examples can be seen in Hattatt, 1985, figure 32.
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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