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Description: | A cast copper alloy Polden Hill bow brooch, probably of 1st century AD date. The axis bar is accommodated behind the semi-cylindrical wings, which have closed ends. The spring is threaded around the axis bar and its chord is held in an upper hole through a crest which protrudes from the centre of upper face of the wings. The pin is missing. The wings are 26.12mm wide and around 6mm in diameter. Each end is defined by a slight knop and a vertical ridge encircles each wing, just below where the chord becomes visible. The crest through which the chord is threaded is decorated with two small horizonatal indentations. It then tapers to a point. Three pairs of parallel ridges decorate the bow below this. The bow then tapers sharply towards the foot, which is plain. The lower part of the bow is bent and the very end of the brooch has been broken off. The flat triangular catchplate is located behind the foot. The back of the brooch contains a slight hollow behind the bow. The brooch is slightly worn.
Dimensions: 41.04mm long, 13.5mm front to back
Weight: 11.61g | 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
99 | 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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