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Description: | An incomplete Roman (AD 100-200) zoomorphic brooch in the form of a seated hen or cockerel. It is of copper alloy with red and orange enamel. The body is rounded and hollow. The tail is missing, its presence indicated by a slot. The pin is hinged and the catchplate present. It weighs 10.51g. The brooch is 34mm long, 18.2mm wide and without the pin is 22.6mm high. With the pin it is 30mm high. The decoration is as follows. The eye is a ringed dot, punched and hollow and slightly worn. The jowel containes an enamel field with traces of dark-red enamel. Below the neck are four isosceles triangles filled with dark-red enamel. These form a line along the top of a Y-shape formed of two symetrical enamel cells stretching down the back towards the missing tail. At the tail end of the Y-shape are two extra branches, one either side of the central axis. They are long and narrow triangular. These are orientated towards the sides of the brooch. These cells are filled with dark red enamel. Extending from the Y are four long and narrow tringles, two each side of the central axis. The triangles nearest the tail are divided into two cells. Within these triangles are traces of a darker, possibly purple, enamel. These fields reach around towards the neck. To complete the enamelled area are four oval cells filled with orange enamel. Two are found on each side of the neck and below the cells filled with purple. In all, a rounded shaped is created with the appearence of feathers. Cf. Hattatt 167 and 620. Crummy (2007) notes that the cockerel is often associated with Mercury and cockerel brooches have been discovered associated with places of worship for Mercury, though of course it may just be a decorative subject. Bayley and Butcher (2004:174) note brooches of this form seem to be a British product.References:Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004. Roman Brooches in Britain. The Society of Antiquaries, London.Crummy, N. 2007. Brooches and the Cult of Mercury. In Britannia Volume XXXVIII 2007.
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