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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 13mm and a weight of 10.6g). The spring gear has largely been lost but the remnants of 2 coils are still present around a fragmentary iron axis bar. The spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs and the chord is tensioned by a hook at the head (Polden Hill hook type arrangement). The wings have lost one terminal (with a surviving width of 21.9mm). The fronts of the wings appear to have been decorated with vertical grooves and ribs, now corroded. Curved side mouldings are discernible at the sides of the head (where the head has a width of 11.3mm) and the upper bow is of D-shaped section (with a thickness beneath the head of 4.4mm). The sides of the bow are straight and converge towards the break (where the bow has a width and thickness of 7mm and 3mm respectively). No decoration is now discernible on the bow. The surface has a mid brown patina with areas of pale green surface loss.
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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