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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Birdlip type brooch, missing most of its head, attachment mechanism (spring?) and pin.
Its head, now mostly missing, was probably similar to Hattatt 1451 with its rounded area containing the spring. The bottom seciton of this remains. From here the bow curves forwards and downwards, decorated with two deep grooves, to the flange which extends to the front only. This is also decorated with two deep grooves running horizontally.
Below the flange the 'tongue' extends, downwards and outwards, with a circular (5mm diameter) flat terminal. Below this the bow, rectangular in section, extends. It flares slightly at the foot (from 6.7mm behind the tongue, over c.35mm to 7.4mm at the foot. A groove follows the three edges of the bow. The foot is a little damaged.
To the reverse, the catchplate extends 30mm from the foot upwards. It is plain and the curl remains intact.
Surviving (and probably maximum) length 58.2mm. Weighs 10.40g.
The Birdlip brooch dates to the 1st century AD. No other Hattatt examples widen to the foot, as in this case, but otherwise it can be compared with nos.266, 767, 1451, 1388 and 1389. It is probably most similar to 266 in its relative plainness. | 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
100 | 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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