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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch. The brooch is missing its pin, but is otherwise complete and in good condition. The head features a pair of tubular wings constructed by bending the sheet round. Near their ends each wing steps down. The wings obscure the axis bar which is made from iron and has now largely corroded leaving a residue which covers large areas of them. On the reverse of the foot the catchplate has survived very well. The bow is flat semi-circular in profile with a flat reverse, and tapers from a width of 8.0mm at the head to 2.3mm at the foot. The upper element towards the head features an inverted triangle in relief flanked by knurled lines. This decorative feature is similar to that found on a brooch illustrated in Hattatt (1989, 302; ref. 920), although the Hattatt example has an expanded and decorated plate foot. There is also a small transverse rib delineating a foot-knob typical of the T-shape type. Roman, 1st to 2nd century 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: | 80
150 | 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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