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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative (Dolphin) bow brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are complete and the axis bar and spring are present. The axis bar is broken and remains in two parts. It is formed from a length of iron wire (suggested due to the large amounts of corrosion product present around the spring). The pin is lost. It was probably formed from the same copper alloy wire as the spring. The spring is formed from a length of copper alloy wire which has been turned (of which 5 turns remain) to form the spring and is attached by an external chord to a rearward facing hook. This hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is a shallow sub-rectangular in cross section. It tapers to an abraded broken edge. There is no evidence for a catchplate or the rib from which it extends on the reverse of the brooch. The brooch measures 22.6mm length, 20.7m width, is 7.2mm thick and weighs 5.38 grams. The brooch is decorated with a series of cast designs. The cast designs are limited to the upper face of the wing cases and bow. The design consists of a repeating pattern of three sunken lines (forming four vertical panels) which extend from the head to broken edge of the brooch. Similar vertical sunken lines are present on either edge of the wing cases. The brooch is a mid green colour with an even and mostly unabraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred it is slight and has only affected areas on the outer edges of the brooch. Similar styled brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pages 298-299, fig; 157-159 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain pages 82-88. A direct parallel with this form of decoration has not been identified.
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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