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Description: | Fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. Part of the head and the top of the bow survive but the pin, spring catch plate and foot are all missing. The breaks on the head and bow are slightly abraded. Two thin splayed projections at the head are the remnants of a rolled under tube which would have formed part of a hinge attachment for the brooch pin. Below the tube the width of the brooch expands to the top of the bow before beginning to taper towards the missing foot. The brooch was decorated with two parallel longitudinal moulded ridges running down the bow. The bow is slightly asymmetrical. The fragment has been coated with a black substance by the finder but traces of green grey corrosion are still visible on the reverse.It is unclear exactly what type of bow brooch this fragment is from but it is most likely to come from a Hod Hill or similar form of early hinged brooch.It is 14.6mm long, 10.6mm wide and 4.9mm thick. The widest point on the bow is 7.6mm and it is1.85mm thick. It weighs 0.75g
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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