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Description: | Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch.The brooch is a Colchester derivative with a double-pierced lug projecting from the centre of the interior of the wings to secure the spring (one lug secures the axis bar, the other holds the spring's chord in position). Such brooches represent a technological development from the one-piece 'true' Colchester design, and date to the second half of the first century.The wings of the brooch are semi-circular in shape with some minor decoration in the form of an incised groove at the ends (only one end being present in this case) and then a pair of 2 incised grooves to either side of the junction where the wings attach to the bow. The bow itself carries moulded decoration in the form of a plain raised median rib flanked on either side by two stepped smaller ribs the central ones being decorated with a row of incised dots running down their lengths. The catchplate is plain & triangular.This brooch is dated c.50-100 AD.
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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