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Description: | An Iron Age, La Tene I copper alloy fragment of a brooch (c.450-250BC). The fragment includes the bow and part of the catch plate. The terminal to the catchplate, the spring and the pin are missing. The brooch has an angular profile (forming three sides of a square) with the bulbous bow that extends at right angles to form the catchplate and the spring. Decoration comprises two engraved circular spiral motifs aligned side by side along the length of the bow. The surface of the brooch is pitted with a dark green patina.Dimensions: length: 39.47mm; width: 9.71mm; thickness: 23.88mm; weight: 9.66g
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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