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Description: | A copper alloy Roman trumpet-headed booch. It is worn, and bent out of shape. The body of the brooch is composed of two pelta shapes, with the arms joining to create two open circles. The bow continues to its foot where it finishes with a terminal knop, and small catchplate behind. The neck of the brooch is bent at right angles from the body, and the head is round, with only a fragment of the chain loop surviving at the top. The sides of the head are folded round to contain an axis bar and spring of four coils which continues as the pin, in situ but bent. Tthe brooch measures 33.66mm in surviving length and 13.34mm in width across the pelta body, and 9.55mm across the head. The bow tapers to 2.56mm in width, and the brooch weighs 4.51g.Examples from Bury St Edmunds are illustrated in Hattatt (IARB fig.48,nos 454, 455)
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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