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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy La Tène I style bow brooch of later Iron Age date (400-250BC). The brooch is incomplete consisting only of the central bow; both the spring / head and foot have been lost through old breaks. From the head of the brooch the bow expands in both width and thickness forming a relatively square sectioned central angular bow. The bow tapers slightly at the base before the break. Both the upper and lower edges of the bow are out-turned slightly. The upper surface of the brooch is badly abraded and almost all surface patina has been removed and corroded. At the head of the bow a central vertical panel of decoration extends. This panel consists of two rows or annulets. The underside of the brooch has a well preserved deep green coloured polished patina. Where abrasion has occurred a light green active corrosion product is present. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch slightly. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches p 288 fig; 147, specifically 4* from Cold Kitchen Hill, Wilts.Sophie Adams, of University of Leicester has suggested that this brooch is most likely to be a La Tene Type 1Bc (after Hull and Hawkes 2925 and 2923). These examples are both relatively small in size and often have decoration on the upper part of the bow.The brooch fragment measures 23.5mm length, 10.2mm width across bow, is 3.4mm thick at the same point, and weighs 3.68 grams.
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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