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Description: | The upper part of the bow of a cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of early Roman date. The flared head of the brooch is D-shaped, with the straight side at the base. It measures 18.75mm by 13.33mm at its widest points. The edges of this part are damaged, although there is a hint of the stub of a chain loop at the top. The head narrows to a 4mm wide D-shaped bow, with a very slight vertical ridge down the centre of the front. This section of the brooch is about 11mm long. Below this is a wider horizontal collar, 6mm by 1mm, below which is a full acanthus, 6mm in width by 10.6mm in length. The brooch has been broken below this point. The back of the brooch is undecorated and slightly convex, with a slight hollow behind the acanthus. Behind the lower (straight) part of the head are the short cylindrical wings, which house the access bar for a hinged pin, the head of which survives. This brooch is very similar to no. 1436 in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (2000, p. 325), which dates from the 1st or 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: | 43
175 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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