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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy plate brooch after the style of the Dragonesque type (late 1st to late 2nd century AD). The brooch is a moulded S-shape, with an expanded central area which features five recessed cells divided by diagonal ribs. These are filled with enamel: seemingly red in the central sub-rectangular cell and the curved triangular cells at the ends, and a different colour in the other two sub-rectangular cells. The sides of this zone are steeply bevelled. The bow is broken at a narrow point (W.: 3.5mm), presumably its centre. At the surviving terminal the zoomorphic head is absent, rather there is a large circular perforation (Dia.: 6.1mm) with a phallic protrusion beyond. The penis is rendered in profile with a small semicircular testicle, and moulded glans, defined by a transverse incision. Looped around the circular hole is a thick sheet pin, simply curled round at the attachment end (L.: 30.65mm). In profile the pin can be seen to curve downwards, then upwards, before curving downwards again to the tip. Viewed in plan it can be seen to have been bent considerably to one side. The body of the brooch has also been bent - downwards slightly at the break. The artefact now has a dull mid-green patina.
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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