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Description: | This brooch has been classified as a variant of a Hod Hill type by a process of best fit. It is small and cast in copper-alloy. It is cross-shaped in form with a bow of semi-circular profile. The bow is divided from the leg by a raised transverse rib. The leg then constricts before flaring out to a footknob which effectively consists of another raised transverse rib. On the reverse of the leg is the catchplate which is largely intact although bent out of alignment. From the transverse rib dividing bow from leg described above the bow flares out into a pair of side lugs. These side arms emerge from a central area featuring a raised boss, square with rounded corners, which itself features a recessed circle with recessed central dot. It is possible that these recessed areas were once decorated through the application of a substance such as niello or enamel. The arms themselves echo the rest of the brooch in that they constrict in the middle before widening to a transverse ridge beyond which is a further, pointed protrusion (though this is missing on one side following old damage). The continuation of this pattern in the upper part of the bow makes the bow and side arms appear as if a cross pattée. The bow then continues, although it does not seem to flare out into the head (now missing) which would have accommodated the hinged pin (on a Hod Hill type brooch). The pin is also missing. The absence of the head as well as the absence of longitudinal ridges on what is a small bow means that this artefact can at best be classified as a Hod Hill variant. C.f. Hattatt (1989, 322; fig. 181). Roman, 1st century AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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