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Description: | a copper alloy Roman bow brooch, of Colchester type and first century date. It has a lug with a single piercing, and the wings are narrow, flat and incomplete. The bow has an 'S' shaped curve from head to foot, with a patch of corrosion in the centre, and is plano-convex in section. It is decorated with a central longitudinal panel of three ribs which run the length of the bow, and terminates with a rounded off point. The catchplate is complete, with a recurved edge. The brooch measures 29.07mm in length and is 16.12mm wide at the wings. The catchplate is 32.45mm in length, and the brooch weighs 13.7g. Although an exact parallel has not been seen, there are examples from West Stow with similar features, for example West, 1989, fig. 52, nos.154 and 157. These are recorded as Colchester type 4 brooches, but are smaller than the Combs example. | 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: | 43
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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