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Description: | Roman zoomorphic plate brooch in the shape of a crouched hare facing right, 2nd century AD. The ears and much of the front leg are broken off. On the body of the hare there are three voids for enamel, all empty. The eye is defined by a ring and dot, again perhaps originally containing enamel. The catchplate and pin hinge are complete. There is a piece of copper alloy in the hinge, and iron corrosion around the hinge & catchplate. Length 28.04mm, width 13.22mm, thickness (of plate) 1.4mm, thickness overall 5.52mm, weight 1.96g. | 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: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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