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Description: | A copper-alloy La Tene I type brooch of Iron Age date (cf Hattatt 2000: fig. 147).The brooch has been cast in one piece, the incomplete spring having been formed by rolling an integrally-cast strip. The bow forms a 'D-shaped' hump. From the head, the width of the bow gradually increases towards the centre point, before decreasing towards the foot. Shallow vertical grooves divide the upper surface into three columns of roughly equal width. At the top of the foot is a rolled 'lip' which would have secured the now-missing pin. The lower part of the foot is missing and would probably have looped back towards the upper surface of the bow. The brooch measures 41.1mm long, 8.2mm wide and weighs 4.05g.
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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