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Description: | Unidentified fragment of copper alloy object. This fragment takes the form of a knop extending from a damaged, though presumably, sub square or subrectangular plate. When viewed facing upwards, the knop is decorated with two horizontal grooved lines and is 10.94mm long. It is semicircular in section. The plate from which it extends is stepped from the knop, flat and appears to be no wider than 15.84mm, but it is hard to discern if these are the original sides or whether these are break edges worn smooth in a regular way. The plate has had definite damage and is now fragmentary, having its central portion and one side missing, and with only a prong like extension of metal to the left side. It might be possible that the plate had a piercing that has had damage around it, as there seems to be a semicircular ?arch? in the top of the plate, but this might be illusory due to worn smooth break edges. The reverse of the fragment is plain and it appears from a scar on the reverse of the knop, that a ridge or raised line may have run along it. Most of the original surface survives and has a mid green patina. Damaged areas are lighter green with corrosion. The reverse of the knop is significantly dark brown. As all edges are smooth, damage is presumed to have occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 23.6mm long, 15.84mm wide, 4.18mm thick at the knop, 2.02mm thick at the plate and weighs 1.96g. This fragment has been found with other Roman artefacts, so may be of a similar date. When viewed with the knop side on, it might be part of a Hod Hill brooch, though again this cannot be ascertained for certain. | 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
410 | 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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