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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman "bridge" brooch of probable Second Century date. (Hattatt. R, 1989). Length 29mm, width of bow 14mm and 2mm thick. Weight 3.77g. The pin is missing. The low arched bow is decorated with an acorn terminal at the top and bottom. Viewed from the front, the bow is sub-rectangular in form, being longer in length than in width. The bow is divided into two equal sized panels by a central horizontal moulded rib which has a small channel throughout its length. Each panel has a row of six narrow vertical cells and the edges of the bow are channelled. The cells and channels would probably have been filled with enamel or niello. However, these fillings are now lost. To the rear of the upper acorn terminal is a pair of round-ended perforated lugs that accommodated a hinged iron pin. A small fragment only of the iron pin now survives between the lugs. Viewed from the side, the incomplete catch-plate is D-shaped. The brooch is corroded, the corrosion is more noticeable on the front than on the rear. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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