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Description: | A nearly complete cast copper-alloy knee brooch, dating from c. 150-200 AD. The brooch is nearly complete, missing only the single spring coil which terminates in the pin. Instead of a semi-circular head and cover, this brooch has a simple sub-rectangular head plate with an exposed spring, having eight coils which are held in place by an axial pin, single lug and above a hook holding the spring chord. The knee brooch progresses from the simple spring and head plate into a nearly ninety-degree kink, which arches and then the body runs vertically down to a semi-circular foot. The catchplate is long, narrow and rectangular, protruding horizontally from the base of the brooch and has a curled outer edge to hold the pin. The silvery appearance over the dark green patina suggests either tinning or silvering to this brooch. It measures 31.23mm in length. The tubular head is 15.39mm wide. The knee is 9.41mm wide at the bend. The catchplate is 14.77mm long.Bayley and Butcher discuss the origins and circulation of these types of knee broochs, suggesting that although their original association was consistently with military movements, that their later usage in Romano-British contexts was wider. They illustrate a relatively close parallel, save for the semi-circular headplate (cf.: Bayley and Butcher 2004, fig. 154, no. T172).
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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