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Description: | A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch probably dating from the first or second century AD. The brooch, which is slightly bent, measures 55.94mm in length and weighs 11.2g. At the top of the sub-circular head of the brooch there is a broken head stud. The head measures 10.6mm by 13.2mm, including the remaining stub of the head stud. On the reverse of the head are the remains of the sprung hinge and traces of the iron pin. The decoration on the bow consists of two symmetrical petal-shaped grooves immediately below the missing head stud and two parallel grooved lines in the centre front of the bow, which stop at the point of the acanthus. Along their length they enclose short perpendicular parallel grooved lines. The acanthus is very plain and symmetrical along the transverse axis. It comprises of a horizontal grooved line, below which the bow narrows and then widens again. The wider part is framed by two more horizontal grooved lines and the bow then narrows again and widens slightly, below which is another horizontal grooved line. Below the acanthus there are two sets of four slightly curving grooved lines, also arranged symmetrically. The bow narrows into a plain foot with a knop at the end. The curving triangular catchplate is behind the lower bow and foot and the rest of the reverse is otherwise flat and undecorated. There are traces of tinning on both sides of the catchplate and in the grooved decoration. | 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: | 75
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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