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Description: | Fragment of Roman Dragonesque brooch. Overall the piece is a sinuous drop shape of a zoomorphic design, dragonesque or birdlike. It is of an Iron Age British tradition, possibly 'celtic' design.
There is a head, body and tail and will be described vertically from the head down. The head has two protrusions, one D-shaped, the other sub-triangular, perhaps a muzzle and ear respectively. The eye is in relief. Behind the eye is a circular perforation through which is hooked a piece of copper alloy wire.
The body is rounded and has some decoration in the form of a curved line. The body tapers to a rounded point which forms the tail. The back of the body is concave.
It does not appear to be broken, which would suggest it is not a brooch as it is too small. The circular perforation could be used for suspension, perhaps it was a pendant. | 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: | Frances McIntosh | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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