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Description: | A copper alloy Iron Age brooch, La Tene I period length 25mm, width 13mm, thickness 20mm, weight 8.84g. The brooch is oval in plan the bow is thick and steeply arched, the underside is concave. The narrow terminal have both been truncated, these are old breaks resulting in the loss of the pin, spring and catchplate. The artefact is spotted with corrosion resulting in small creators over much of the surface. Similar artefacts have been recorded on the database at SUSS-DF00F6, HAMP-A7DA68 and BUC-4A8DF7The brooch bears some similarities with Iron Age brooches illustrated in Hattatt (2001, 287; fig. 146).This objects date to 600BC-200BC.
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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