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Description: | A fragment of copper alloy Roman (AD 75-175) Trumpet-headed brooch, consisting of the incomplete trumpet head and part of the upper bow only. It measures 25.18mm in length and weighs 6.03g.The plate-head is semi-circular in shape with the remains of a loop projecting at the centre of the curved edge. A slight flange also flanks the curved edge, decorated with possible rocker-arm or diagonal grooves. The head measures 21.47mm wide and 16.99mm high.To the reverse the head is hollow with a tubular housing running along the straight edge. At the centre is a notch for the pin, the triangular head of which remains in situ with a short stub of the pin (2.14mm diameter).The bow curves outwards and downwards from the bottom of the head and is oval in cross-section (6.32x3.65mm). At the break it is rather more pointed-oval in cross-section and measures 4.33x2.51mm.In "Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection", Bayley and Butcher state that trumpet headed brooches, "...are the most original products of the British brooch industry in the Roman period" (2004, p160). The distinctive head is thought to derive from some pre-Roman Aylesford brooches (ibid.). In her "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007) dates trumpet brooches to AD75-AD175.
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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