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Description: | Copper alloy roman T-shape brooch (sawfish type) dating from 1st-2nd century. The brooch has tubular wings each of which has a tapering circular perforation at the end of the wing. The perforation is wider on the front of the brooch than the back and there is elaborate decoration around each hole on the front. On the back of the wings the tube is hollow so that in section the wings are crescent shaped. This would have probably held the pin bar and hinged pin mechanism. Where the bow joins the wings there is a rectangular shaped facet with another tapering circular perforation through the brooch. The bow is flattened with a rectangular section and has a decorated rectangular panel running down the centre on the front. Inside the panel are diagonal crosses which held enamel in the gaps between them, some of which is still visible. On the sides of the bow small circular pellets protrude to give the jagged edge and hence the sawfish name to the brooch. There are five surviving pellets on the left side and four on the right. The brooch is broken across the bow (probably) about halfway down so the foot and catchplate do not survive. The brooch has been silvered or tinned; the remains of this can best be seen on the back of the brooch. It weighs 6.85g and measures 22mm in length and 27.9mm in width across the wings. A very similar parallel can be seen in Hattatt?s visual catalogue Fig.163, No.936. | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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