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Description: | An unusual example of an incomplete copper alloy Romano-British brooch of ?Hod Hill? type. The head and upper part of the bow are entirely missing, as are any remains of the pin. The bottom of the bow shows it to have been subrectangular in plan and flat. There is one remaining side knob to the right hand side, positioned halfway along the bow. The bow is decorated with a pair of raised lines to either side of the bow (i.e. four raised lines in total). Between the lines is a shiny dot of red/black crystalline material that appears decorative in nature. However microscopic examination reveals this to be a patch of corrosion. Beneath the bow at the junction with the foot, is a stepped moulded band. Beneath this the foot is similarly stepped. The foot is flat and flares, terminating without a foot knob. Hull recorded a similarly flaring example and described this form as ?abnormal?. The foot is plain and again has circular red dots that could be mistaken for decoration, but are simply patches of corrosion. The front of the brooch has traces of silvering. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The curled catchplate is mostly intact with some damage to its edges and curl. The object is abraded with a greeny brown patina with flashes of light green and red corrosion. It has a surviving length of 38.68mm, is 21.82m wide, including the remaining side knob, is 2.96mm thick and weighs 3.67g. The example with the flared foot can be seen in Hawkes and Hull 1947, plate XCVII. General examples can be seen in Hattatt 1985, figure 24. Brooches of this type date from 43AD to c60AD. | 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: | 43
60 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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