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Description: | Cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch. Roman period (c.AD75-175). Mass: 10.7g; length: 47.7mm; width: 15.7mm; depth: 19.0mm. The incomplete "trumpet-shaped" head is sub-oval in plan with a small projection at the top (from which the now missing separate head-loop would have projected). The reverse of the head is concave, with an incomplete lug and a hook on a median rib, which would have secured the spring and pin mechanism. When viewed in profile, the bow can be seen to turn through about 90 degrees to the rear, above a pronounced moulding. The moulding on the bow consists of three transverse ribs, with two grooves in-between. The bow and moulding have a D-shaped cross section, with a convex front and a flatter reverse. The bow tapers towards the moulded foot, which is orientated in line with the head of the brooch. There is a catchplate on the lower portion of the reverse of the bow, although the pin rest is missing. The head is decorated with raised mouldings and grooves. The moulded ribs on the front of the bow are decorated with horizontal grooves. On the portion of the bow between the prominent moulding and the foot there is a raised decoration consisting of two wavy lines to either side of a median rib.In "Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection", Bayley and Butcher state that trumpet headed brooches, "...are the most original products of the British brooch industry in the Roman period" (2004, p160). The distinctive head is thought to derive from some pre-Roman Aylesford brooches (ibid.). In her "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007) dates trumpet brooches to AD75-AD175.
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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