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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden hill brooch length 69mm, width 30mm, thickness 13mm, weight 21.64g. Semicircular, concave cross section wings with expanded terminals, there is a backward facing lug at either end with a hole in the centre for the spring support bar, this is now missing as is the spring, however this area is heavily encrusted with Fe corrosion. At the back of the head is a backward facing hook that would have held an external cord of the spring, this cord is missing. Stepped shoulders flank either side of the head. There are two recessed lines that run from the back of the head to the top of the leg, these lies narrow towards the leg forming a triangle, there is a dotted line on the inside of each of the lines, the rest of the leg s plain. The leg narrows towards the foot, which is bulbous with a double collar. The catch plat on the reverse is almost complete with the exception of a small nick on the top. There is some corrosion on the lower extremities of the leg and the terminal of the wings, but otherwise that artefact is in good condition.
These are dated to 80-120AD. | 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: | 80
120 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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