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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy one piece Colchester brooch length 50mm, width 26mm, thickness 11mm, weight 16.81g. This has a flat bow with a single beaded line running down its length.The head has a hook at the top and is flanked by two small rectangular wings.At the back of the head is a curved and broken projection that would have formed the spring.The bow has been bent outwards, almost back on its self, as have the catch plate.This act is not accidental or post-depositional, but is most likely a ritual act of killing the object, perhaps as an offering.25-60AD
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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