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Description: | Copper-alloy brooch of probable Roman date. Plate brooch, probably dating to between the 1st and 3rd C. AD. No parallels have been found. Two fragments of the brooch were discovered. The original form appears to have been a decorated ring of approximately 45-50mm in external diameter, with some sort of integral connecting framework in the centre.
Fragment 1 measures 29.3mm long. The ring is 9.9mm wide. It has simple raised inner and outer edges and a flat upper surface. This surface is divided vertically into six cells of differing width. These cells are filled alternately with black (original colour?) enamel and (probably) mother of pearl, only traces of which survive. There is a protrusion inwards from the inner edge, which represents the remains of an internal design. This protrusion has curved edges and is filled with an orange or red enamel. On the outer edge of the ring is a small integral knob. This marks the position of the rear catchplate. The damaged catchplate is the only feature of the otherwise flat and plain reverse of the brooch.
Fragment 2 is 24.5mm long and of a similar width to fragment 1. There are four cells, two containing the black enamel, the other two are empty. There is a copper knob on the outer edge similar to that on fragment 1. This marks the position, on the reverse, of the pin attachment. The pin attachment consists of two opposing plates with curved upper edges. There is a small hole in each for the pin. A small portion of the iron pin survives in-situ.
The total weight of the two fragments is 7.3g. | 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 | Temporal: | 50
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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