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Description: | A bow brooch made of copper alloy. It measures 42.95mm wide, 17.53mm long and 5.18mm thick. The head of the brooch has a widening plate head with a gap in the centre for the pin, which would have been operated by a hinge mechanism. The upper bow is signified by a decorated plate obtaining 3 vertical ridges; 2 either side and 1 at the centre. The lower bow has a narrowing plate running down an internal spine, separated from the upper bow by a half-round panel. The lower bow ends with a slight foot with horizontal grooved decoration. The brooch weighs 6.71 grams and is a corroded green shade and badly twisted out of the original shape, which makes it hard to identify. However, the brooch seems complete, missing only the pin. The brooch appears to be Romano-British; similar parallels are known from the 1st century AD in 'A visual catalogue of Richard Hattatt's ancient brooches' (Hattatt 2000, no. 315), and also similar to record number NMS-2AE196 on the PAS database. These are classed as Hod Hill brooches. However the brooch seems to lack the side knobs usually present on this type, and shows no signs of having them. There is also a 1st century parallel the 'Severn' type from 'Roman brooches from north Britain' (Snape 1993, no. 10.3).
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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