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Description: | South-Western varient of the Roman T-shape brooch of copper alloy. It is incomplete, missing the pin and catchplate, and the chain loop is broken. It is distorted, worn and covered in a pale green patina. It weighs 3.19g and measures 45.2x16.3mm.
The missing pin was hinged and emerged from tubular wings. On the head is a large chain loop whose diameter, though broken, is 5.4mm. The bow is of thin, flat metal, gradually tapering from 7.6mm at the head to a point at the foot. At the head, the bow comes forward as a flat plate, turning sharply downwards after 4.3mm to run almost straight to its foot.
The decoration consists of two deep, 2mm wide grooves on the top third of the bow. The surface is worn/corroded, so if any other decoration was present, it is now missing.
It is similar to 400 and 401 (Hattatt 1987).
This varient of the T-shaped brooch is local to the south-west region of Britain (Bayley and Butcher 2004, pp 169). Hattatt (1987, 112) suggests that they are similar to Hull's type 111, in all except decoration, the latter having enamel fields, and so may be a cheaper copy. They are poorly dated, mainly occuring in the 2nd century, but with three examples found in later deposits (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167-8). | 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: | 100
250 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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