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Description: | An incomplete and unusual late Iron Age or early Roman bow brooch.
The brooch appears to have been cast as a strip and its final form achieved by bending it back underneath itself and using two copper-alloy rivets to secure the end to the underside of the bow. The bow itself is rectangular in section, tapers towards the foot and has a recessed vertical groove down the centre. The catchplate is formed from the folded underside of the brooch and has a rolled upper edge. The head is squared off and has a small lobe (probably a spring remnant) projecting from its vertical face. The spring coils and pin are missing.
Overall, the object measures 33.7mm long by 5.3mm wide and 11.8mm deep. It weighs 4.14g. | 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: | -50
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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