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Description: | Copper alloy bow brooch. T shaped/tapering bow. Incomplete. Wings, head and short piece of bow remaining. The wings are short and cylindrical, housing the axis bar for a hinged pin (head only remaining). The front of the wings are decorated with a groove at the distal ends. At the head of the bow is an off centre projecting chain loop (Rectangular band with a broken circular loop above). The bow and head are continuous. The bow is c-sectioned, convex fronted and decorated with a groove along each side and a raised lozenge stud with cross-hatched incised lines. The bow is broken off below this. The back of the bow is hollowed. Date: Roman ? AD 1st ? 2nd century. Ref: Hattatt?s Visual Catalogue, p. 303, fig. 162, No. 386 (decoration) and 908 (chain loop) | 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: | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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