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Description: | The object is a cast copper alloy brooch. The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical, with no wing caps. In the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is a small integral hook. The wings are undecorated. The spring, pin, and axis bar are missing. The bow head is hump-like and in profile it rises above the upper edge of the wings. It is decorated with a pair of grooves which taper towards each other along the bow. The bow is semi-circular in section. The bow tapers to a blunt point. The catchplate is incomplete. The surface of the brooch has a dark brown patina. The brooch measures 34.11mm long from the bow head to the bow foot, and 19.07mm wide across the wings. It weighs 7.4g.
The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, possibly a Dolphin type which dates to the 1st century AD. Hattat (Hattat, R 1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches) illustrates a similar brooch, No. 886. | 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: | 100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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