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Description: | Copper alloy T shape bow brooch. The wings are tubular and short, housing an iron axis bar. The notch between the wings at the back is filled with the corroded remnant of the iron pin (stub only). The ends of the wings are decorated with a simple incised line around. The bow is D sectioned. At the head is a raised rectangular projection which has been decorated with two, short parallel lines (longitudinal) and diagonal line infill. There are also two furthe short lines (top and bottom of the projection, running transversely).The bow is curved and tapers to a narrow foot. A quarter of the way down is a small circular projection with a concentric groove around it. From the point the bow is decorated with a central rib flanked by two raised wavy lines in grooves, all running longitudinally. This decoration stops above the foot at two transverse incised lines.The foot is undecorated and has a curved forward projecting terminus. Behind the lower bow and foot is a small catchplate. The back of the curved hook of this is decorated with two transverse incised lines. the sides of the bow are slightly chamfered. | 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: | 200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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