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Description: | A worn, incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch in the Colchester tradition. The brooch owes something of its bow form to the Langton Down, being wider and flatter than usual for a Dolphin, and with less of a hump than normal. Further, its longitudinal fluting follows the Langton tradition. This consists of a raised median rib flanked by further ribs: one either side. Each of these outer ribs features a central longitudinal incised line. The bow begins to taper (although precise measurements are rendered difficult by abrasions to the edges), before an old break. This break occurs before the catchplate would have appeared on the reverse. The spring and pin are also missing. At the head end the bow terminates in a single rearward hook, now abraded, of the Colchester type. The wings are very slightly convex in section; on one side they extend to 4.9mm, and to 5.5mm on the other. On the longer side (the right if looking at the brooch in plan, wings at the top) the wing has been bent down; it is difficult to discern whether this is deliberate or the result of old damage. Both wings and reverse are undecorated. Seemingly this is an example of one type borrowing from another. Roman, c. 40 - 55 AD. | 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: | 40
55 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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