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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman knee brooch, dating from the 2nd-3rd century, between AD 150 - 300 (length: 30mm; width at head: 11.5mm; thickness/ depth: 11.5mm; weight: 4.1g).At the top of the brooch, the wings are completely missing with the head also partially missing. There is a hollow opening at the back of the head where the arch of the bow curves outwards. The bow of the brooch becomes thicker and narrower (width of brooch at top: 11.5mm; width at bottom/ foot: 5.5mm) towards the bottom, where it splays outwards again at the slightly upturned and flat-based foot. At the back of the brooch, only part of the integral copper alloy ctachplate remains, which protrudes outwards from the back of the foot by 4.5mm. There is no decoration on the artefact and, overall, the brooch is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green/ brown patina.Knee brooches are described by Bayley & Butcher in the 2004 publication 'Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection' (page 179) as Late Bow Brooches and are best known from the forts of the German limes. The authors state that knee brooches were also found in forts in Britain but have a wider distribution; 'some types seem to be British products and to be decorative rather than utilitarian. They continue to comment that 'knee brooches are distinguished by the angular or S-shaped profile of the bow and can be sprung or hinged.'
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