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Description: | Fragment of a copper-alloy Roman brooch. Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st C. AD date. Fragment consists of the wings, head, spring, and upper part of the bow. The left hand wing (as you look at it, as it would have been worn) is largely missing due to post-depositional damage. The total remaining dimensions of the wings are 14.1mm wide by 4.8mm deep. They are recessed in order to take the spring, and this recess is pointing upwards. The copper-alloy spring is largely intact. Five coils remain. These are wound around a copper-alloy axis bar contained by a central lug. It is held in place by the chord, which passes through a rearward hook on top of the head. This hook runs into a vertical rib extending down the remaining length of the bow. Only the upper 8.2mm of the bow survives, the rest having been broken away. It has a domed upper surface and a flat underside and measures 7.8mm wide by 3.6mm thick. The overall dimensions of the piece are 11.4mm high by 14.1mm wide. The weight is 3.58g. | 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: | 1
100 | 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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