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Description: | Roman bow brooch, a copper-alloy Polden Hill type of late first to second century. The brooch has a long, thin bow, fairly straight in profile, broken approximately half way down its length. No part of the pin survives, thought it would originally have been sprung, held in place by means of an axis bar set within the characteristic semi-cylindrical crossbar. The typical pierced plates at each end of the wings are missing in this example, and it does not have an attachment hook at the top of the head. One of the wings are missing and the brooch now measures 19.4 mm wide across its head. The wings have the characteristic mouldings seen on Polden Hill brooches which rise against each side of the head of the bow. The head and bow are fairly elaborately decorated, with a central ridge that runs down the bow and which flares at the top of the head. This ridge is bordered by two other, narrower ridges. Either side of these ridges there is sub-triangular moulded decoration running down the bow from the head. It is possible that the gaps between these mouldings may have originally been filled with enamel, but if so none of this survives. The catchplate is incomplete, though a cast ridge runs right up the reverse of the bow to the head, and this ridge presumably once expanded to form the catchplate. The remains of the brooch measures 41.94 mm in length and the bow swells from 3.5 mm at the break to 12.7 mm in width (excluding the wings). This type has its origin in the West Midlands and there appear to be a concentration in this area (Bayley and Butcher 2004, 160).
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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