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Description: | A fragment from an incomplete Roman brooch with enamelled decoration. Only the foot and part of the catchplate of the brooch survive intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The foot plate is flat, sub-triangular in shape and has extensive corrosion on the exterior edges. The front face is decorated with a central enamelled panel in the form of an arrow pointing towards the base of the brooch and filled with a dark blue enamel. The recessed areas around the arrow presumably also contained enamelling and possible traces of enamel, perhaps also blue, are just visible to the right of the arrow. The back face is flat and undecorated, preserving the very worn integral triangular catchplate that is missing its tip due to old breaks. The entire fragment measures 16.91mm in length, 10.70mm in width, 1.72mm in thickness, and weighs 1.32g. This is a fragment from the foot of a Roman bow brooch. The closest parallels in terms of shape are found in Hattatt's Hinge-Headed brooches that demonstrate enamelled triangular/fantail feet (see in particular Hattatt no. 994), although the preservation of the current example means that it could conceivably belong to a different class of Roman brooch. The decoration on the current example also differs from Hattatt's in the use of an arrow-shaped motif marking it out as perhaps slightly unusual. This brooch probably dates to the 2nd century AD.
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