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Description: | A fragment of a composite plate brooch with a formal geometric motif and inlaid enamel, dating to the Roman period (possibly 2nd c AD). The remaining fragment consists of a triangular-shaped brooch body segment with a central raised triangular boss with remnants of white enamel inlay. At the top of the brooch there is a additional sub-triangular point which has two symmetrically positioned lugs with ring-and-dot design. On the reverse face at the edge of the sub-triangular point, there is a simple pin hinge. The edges of the brooch fragment near the points of the triangular segment seem to all have broken off, and it is likely that the brooch body continues below the triangle and that there are additional lugs as the two lugs described above. It measures 22.9 mm long; 19.7 mm wide; 3.6 mm thick; and weighs 2.84 grams.This brooch looks identical to one found in Hattatt 1987, Fig. 66, No. 1129, which is a very complicated lozengeform-shaped brooch, with two triangular halves and numerous lugs with ring-and-dot design, in addition to an upper suspension loop and circular foot with simple catchment plate. It seems likely that this brooch is the same type as the one referenced here.
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