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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch (length: 57.7mm; width at wings: 29.1mm; thickness: 14.2mm; weight: 20.04g). The semi-cylindrical wings have vertical grooves and are capped with incomplete lugs at each end as well as possible evidence ofr appendages euither side of the head. At the very top of the brooch, most of the backward hook that would have held the chord (now missing) is visible. The slightly curved an bent bow has a small protruding nodule half way down. At the back of the brooch, none of the chord, spring, axis bar or pin survive, and there is only a hollow cavity where they would have been, with a small protruding platform just below. The incomplete catch plate is still of triangular shape. Overall, the brooch is worn but in a fair condition with small areas of bronze disease near the foot and a dark brown patina. A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt's 'Ancient & Romano-British Brooches', 1982, page 69, Fig 23a, Ref no 24, which was found at Stainfield, South Lincolnshire and is dated by Hattatt from AD 49-60. | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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