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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Lion bow derivative brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the shaft of the pin and the lower bow and catchplate. Presumably the animal is a lion - it has rounded rectangular body with incised lines to represent the forearms at the front. It has a rounded rump and at its opposite end a neck with head at a slight angle (though this may not be intention). The wings have a 23.2mm span and are flat to the front and rounded to the reverse (D-shaped in section). They hold the axis bar which is intact and still has the pin head (and part of the shaft) around it. To the front the wings are decorated with a c.3.5mm diameter hollowed area either side of the bow, and presumably originally filled with enamel. The brooch is very worn but a rib or groove flanks either end of the wings. The lions rear end extends above the top of the wings and has the remains of a loop, presumably for holding a chain. The bow itself, on which the animal sits, extends outwards a little way before dropping in an almost-straight line. It is triangular in section with decoration in the form of triangular hollow cells (again presumably originally enamelled). A Y-shaped rib extnds beneath the lion creating a triangle at the top and one at either side before the (ancient) break. Almost all original patina has been lost. The brooch is 21.5mm in surviving length and weighs 8.69g. 1st century in date, probably early-mid. | 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: | 1
80 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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