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Description: | An incomplete and slightly corroded copper alloy Roman object, possibly a fragment from a plate brooch. It is flat and pelta shaped with small projecting knops at the centre, top and bottom of the exterior edge, one of which (the top?) is now missing due to old breaks. The front face is enamelled and comprises a pelta-shaped field of blue enamel. This contains an additional oval shaped recess at the centre that would have contained a different coloured enamelled that is now missing due to old breaks. To either side of the oval and similar circlar recesses, one of which contains traces of red enamelling. The opposite edge of the plate to the projecting knops narrows and possibly has the beginning of circular openwork decoration, but probably terminates in old breaks. The back face of the plate is flat and has an integral single semi-circular lug that is seemingly unperforated and perhaps terminates in old breaks. This is aligned on the same plane as the exterior edge of the pelta. The entire object measures 20.10mm in height 15.38mm in width, 3.68mm in thickness, and weighs 2.82g. No close parallel has been identified for this object, although the use of enamelling in this manner suggests a Roman date of the 2nd centruy AD. The positioning of the lug is unusual in that it seems to be orientated at right angles to what might be expected for a plate brooch. It is likely that instead this object served as an enamelled belt stud or similar mount/attachment (S. Worrell, pers. comm.)
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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