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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy and enamelled Roman T-shaped brooch (AD 75 - AD 150). This fragment consists of the lower part of the bow and a small portion of the upper part of the bow. It is moulded at the front and, excepting the catch-plate, is slightly convex at the rear. Viewing the brooch from the front, it tapers evenly from the top to the bottom. At the top, where there is an uneven break, the width is 7.5mm and at the bottom the width is 3.6mm. Each corner of the lower part of the bow has a decorative 'lentoid' moulding which has a minor central groove. Between the inner corners of each moulding there is a central vertical rib. Flanked on each side of this rib there is a parallel groove. Below the two lower lips, the front of the bow is convex and plain and may have terminated with small foot knob. The small portion of the upper part of the bow has a central lateral flat rib dividing two rectangular cells (now incomplete). Both of these cells have remains of a decorative material which is probably decayed enamel. The material in the right hand cell (as viewing the front) is shiny and light green and the material in the other cell is reddish brown. There is also a tiny amount of reddish brown material in each vertical groove on the lower part of the bow. The rear face has the remains of an off-centre catch-plate which is flush with the edge of the lower part of the bow. This brooch fragment has a shiny mid-green patina. It is corroded and has bronze disease in places. The catch-plate is broken and the curled-over part that retained the pin is missing. 29.7 x 7.4 x 5.5mm. Weight: 2.67g. Similar T-shaped brooches have been published by Hattatt 1987: 106-108, fig. 37, refs: 912 and 913. Both of these brooches have a hinged pin, a chain loop and a sub-rectangular catch-plate.
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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