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Description: | A damaged and incomplete copper-alloy Horse-and-rider type plate brooch of 2nd century date (R. Hattatt; 1987; pp. 236-238).As is normal for this series of brooch, the horse is depicted advancing right. The head of the horse is missing, but the neck remains and has grooves along the top edge which represent the mane. The body is heavily-stylised and is also missing the lower portions of its legs and its tail. The rider sits at an angle, which gives the impression of movement. The head is pointed and the heavily corroded features can just be made out. The body of both the horse and the rider have a number of decorative recessed cells of various irregular shapes; these would originally have contained enamel. On the reverse are the hinge and catchplate, both of which are set roughly at a right-angle to the plate. The hinge consists of a single perforated lug with a rounded top edge; the catchplate is sub-rectangular, solid and has lost its rolled top edge. The pin is missing.The brooch measures 24.19mm long, 18.10mm wide and 6.15mm thick. The weight is 2.48g.
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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