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Description: | A probable fragment of a Romano-British zoomorphic plate brooch. All that remains of the brooch is what appears to be a bird's head with an elongated beak, perhaps a fish-catching bird such as a heron. The beak has a split end giving the appearance that it is slightly open. The beak emerges from a lozenge shaped head. On each side of the head there are stylised eyes with two circular cells to hold enamel, now missing. It is these circular cells which suggest that this artefact is a Roman plate brooch as these are a common feature on such artefacts. On the underside of the head a break is apparent where the head would have joined the body of the brooch. The break is very worn, indicating that it occurred in antiquity.
No distinct parallel has so far been found for this brooch, but many examples of zoomorphic Roman brooches are known. For examples of the type see Hattatt 'A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches' (2000 359-363; 1176-1172), also Mills 'Celtic and Roman Artefacts' (2000 56-60; RC133-R157).
Zoomorphic Roman plate brooches date from the 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: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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