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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy incomplete equal armed plate brooch with zoomorphic terminals from the 2nd century AD. The brooch has a central circular plate with a raised border and a raised ring around a central piercing. The area between the raised border and ring may have held enamel. The central piercing may have held a seperate riveted knop as seen on composite plate brooches (e.g. Hattatt 2000 p.355, fig 214, no.600 and 601). To each side of the central plate are flat circular projecting knops with a central indent which again may have held enamel. One of these knops is bent upwards at 90 degrees. At the top and bottom of the plate were projecting terminals, the top had broken away completely with the hinge attachement for the pin. The lower one is zoomorphic, starting with a flat circular lug similar to those on the side. Below this projects a triangular section with two circular eyes to either side of the point and a projecting pointed beak making the terminal. The triangular section is marked with incised curved lines like fur or feathers and the circular eyes have double concentric indented rings. Underneath this terminal projects a flat catchplate with the outer edge slightly bent over. It is 34.2mm long, 23.5mm wide and 1.9mm excluding the catchplate, 7.5mm including it. It weighs 3.53 grams.It is similar to several equal ended plate brooches with zoomorphic terminals illustrated in Hattat (ibid: p.352, fig.211) although none are exact parallels.
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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