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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The head is formed of wide cylindrical wings only the left wing survives, the right wing, axis bar and hinged pin are lost to old breaks. The head has broken along the slot on the underside which the hinged pin would have moved within. The remaining wing is decorated near the end with a pair of transverse incised lines. There is no evidence for a tab or loop at the head.The bow has a pointed oval cross-section, flatter on the back than the front and tapers in width towards the foot. It projects at 90 degrees from the head, the upper and middle part is strongly arched but the foot is missing from an old break. The upper half of the bow is decorated with moulded and incised decoration. Incised lines running down the edge create a slight step on each side. There is an incised double rectangle at the top divided by a saltire with regular short incised lines between the rectangle and the edge of the step. Below the rectangle are at least two and probably three abutting raised lozenge shapes cells with central lozenge shaped recesses to take enamel. Blue enamel has been preserved in the uppermost cell but the remainder are empty. The remaining lower part of the bow is plainIt is now 28.7mm long, 19.8mm wide including the wing and 12.6mm thick; it weighs 7.26 grams.A similar brooch from Wimborne in Dorset is illustrated in Hattatt's 'Visual Catalogue' (2000, p. 303, fig. 162, no. 386), SOMDOR-9F3D66 and SOM-A86373 from Somerset are also similar. Bayley and Butler (2004:167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c75-150).
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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