|
Date: |
|
Description: | A fragment of a Langton Down brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (AD 25 - AD 60). Length: 12.0mm; width: 21.9mm and 9.0mm thick. Weight: 7.29g.The fragment consists of the incomplete cylindrical wings and a small portion of the upper part of the bow. At each end of the wings there is an old ragged break. The wings are filled with iron corrosion indicating that the axis bar was composed of iron. At the centre of the wings there is a rectangular slot for the hinged pin. The pin is largely missing. However, a small portion of the copper alloy hinge end of the pin survives within the slot and is fused by corrosion. Viewed from the front the top of the bow, where it joins the wings, is semi-circular and is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, convex at the front and flat at the rear. At the front the bow has a central longitudinal rib which is flanked on either side by two parallel and longitudinal grooves.This brooch fragment is in poor condition and has bronze disease, although it also has a dark brown patina interspersed with copper alloy corrosion products.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
Brooch
A cast copper alloy T-shape…
-
BROOCH
A cast copper alloy T-shape…
-
BROOCH
A cast copper alloy T-shape…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
|